Editing Legend of Zelda RPG/1e (section)

===Opportunity Attacks===
When a creature attempts to leave a space adjacent to an enemy, or attempts to use a ranged attack or spell while adjacent to an enemy, that creature provokes an opportunity attack from the enemy. An opportunity attack is a simple attack with a |Melee| or |Heavy| weapon. Making an opportunity attack is an immediate action, of which a character/creature only has 1 per round, and can only be done when an enemy provokes the attack. An opportunity attack occurs immediately before the provoking action, but does not necessarily prevent it. You can only make opportunity attacks against creatures that are immediately adjacent to you, even if your weapon can reach farther for a normal attack. Even though you can extend the weapon to attack, doing so is unbalancing and not conducive to quick responses to enemy actions, so when it's not your turn your weapon is held closer to allow for more effective defense and quicker reactions.

Only movement undertaken by a creature's own actions provokes opportunity attacks; forced movement (as from a Knockback effect, for instance) does not provoke opportunity attacks. The Active Defense action can also allow you to move without provoking opportunity attacks; see the Active Defense description below.

Using a spell only provokes opportunity attacks if it targets a creature other than the caster or affects an area not centered on the caster, and a spell never provokes attacks of opportunity from a creature it targets. It's not the act of using the spell ''per se'' that provokes the attack, but rather the act of diverting your attention from those threatening you in order to aim the spell at the proper target or area.

Ranged attacks made using weapons always provoke opportunity attacks, even from the creature being targeted by the attack.