Repel Charge feat

[blargney the second]

Benefit: Whenever an enemy makes a charge attack against you, you can make a melee basic attack against that enemy as an opportunity action.

If I understand correctly, despite giving a melee basic attack as an opportunity action, this is not an opportunity attack.

 

[mneme]

You do. It still happens at interrupt timing, though; if you drop them they don't get to finish their attack.

Assuming the text is exaclty what you list above, there is an issue, though:

When they make the charge, they are presumably at least 2 squares away from you. A reasonable interpretation would imply that you can wait for them to become adjacent and then attack them, but that's only an interpretation; a strict interpretation would imply that you could only make the attack if they were in range of one of your basic attacks (a ranged basic, perhaps) when they began the charge.

Certainly, you can "repel" a charge with a ranged basic (assuming there isn't missing text that implies it has to be a melee basic), and if you do so, you can do it when the enemy begins the charge, not once they're adjacent (really useful if they enemy is using a readied action and is therefore capable of making opportunity actions of their own). But the intent would seem to be that you can also make a melee basic, yet without reach you can only do so with a very generous GM ruling.

 

[NMcCoy]

The key point is "charge attack". When they're making the attack itself, they're most likely adjacent, and in range of your melee basic.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

1. I support MMcCoy in his interpretation...

2. the wording prevents combat superiority to kick in.

 

[Neonchameleon]

1. I support MMcCoy in his interpretation...

2. the wording prevents combat superiority to kick in.

And Heavy Blade Opportunity, thank goodness. This feat is still huge for anyone who can push or slide with a melee basic attack. (Knight fighters with the right stance and Eldritch Striking Warlocks come to mind - anyone else?) Push someone at interrupt speed in response to charging and they are out of range for their attack.

What are the pre-requisites?

 

[Kerranin]

And Heavy Blade Opportunity, thank goodness. This feat is still huge for anyone who can push or slide with a melee basic attack. (Knight fighters with the right stance and Eldritch Striking Warlocks come to mind - anyone else?) Push someone at interrupt speed in response to charging and they are out of range for their attack.

What are the pre-requisites?

Druid - Savage Rend can be used as a melee basic & does a slide 1 square so repel charge would work for them.