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Some attacks occur as a component of movement, either your own or someone else's, and the rules for targeting creatures during these attacks are different from normal attacks. | Some attacks occur as a component of movement, either your own or someone else's, and the rules for targeting creatures during these attacks are different from normal attacks. | ||
If your attack includes a movement component (e.g., [[Charge]], the Brawler's Jab, | If your attack includes a movement component (e.g., [[Charge]], the Brawler's Jab, [[Spring Attack (Feat)]], etc.), you must have line of sight to your target from your '''initial''' square, before you begin the action. These actions cannot be initiated unless you have a valid target before you begin the action. You cannot initiate a spring attack against a creature around a corner and out of sight, unless you have some means sensing the creature through the intervening walls. | ||
If your attack is triggered by someone else's movement (e.g., attacks of opportunity, a fighter's Challenge, etc.), you only have to have line of sight to your target when they are in the square into which you wish to make your attack. To continue the above analogy, a rogue ''could'' make an attack of opportunity after the troll comes around the corner and leaves a threatened square. | If your attack is triggered by someone else's movement (e.g., attacks of opportunity, a fighter's Challenge, etc.), you only have to have line of sight to your target when they are in the square into which you wish to make your attack. To continue the above analogy, a rogue ''could'' make an attack of opportunity after the troll comes around the corner and leaves a threatened square. | ||
This means that a creature with total cover or | This means that a creature with total cover or [[Combat#Total_Concealment | Total Concealment]] cannot be targeted with an attack that contains a movement component, or an attack caused by movement (unless you have a specific ability which allows otherwise). While you are allowed to attack into a square where you think a totally concealed creature might be (albeit with an increased [[miss chance]]), you cannot even attempt it if the attack includes a movement component. | ||
{{:Fighting Defensively}} | {{:Fighting Defensively}} | ||