Provoking Attacks of opportunity by being moved not self movement


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Question about the above situation, If as a player or even an npc is grabbed and moved to another square, can Aoo's be done to the one being moved?
example player 1 grabs player2 and moves them to an opposite square, can any adjacent opponents to player 2 perform AOO's on player 2 or does player 2 have to move under their own accord to have AOO's done to them?
If official clarification can be said please indicate it.
thanks.


The correct answer is "sometimes". It sounds like you're trying to do a Reposition combat maneuver, and from its official text,

Quote:
An enemy being moved by a reposition does not provoke an attack of opportunity because of the movement unless you possess the Greater Reposition feat.

(Reposition is normally done to foes, but it can be done to allies.)

This is one of several examples, but the general trend is that forcing someone else to move doesn't trigger AoO's unless you have an ability specifically allowing it.


GM Rednal wrote:

The correct answer is "sometimes". It sounds like you're trying to do a Reposition combat maneuver, and from its official text,

Quote:
An enemy being moved by a reposition does not provoke an attack of opportunity because of the movement unless you possess the Greater Reposition feat.

(Reposition is normally done to foes, but it can be done to allies.)

This is one of several examples, but the general trend is that forcing someone else to move doesn't trigger AoO's unless you have an ability specifically allowing it.

That's the Pathfinder rule, Starfinder doesn't have that text.

The question has come up before without a definite answer, but it looks like it's a case of Movement provokes unless something specifically says it doesn't.


*Looks up* ............Ooooooooooooooooooh. Starfinder. My bad.

Let's see... Basic rules for Attacks of Opportunity says you can make them when an opponent moves out of a threatened square in any way except Guarded Step or Withdraw (or, presumably, anything specifically saying you don't provoke). Being pulled out of a square is moving out in a way that's not one of those two things, so in SF, I think it would provoke.

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