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I wonder if there will be opportunity of/or flank attack. Specifically if you are engaged with someone and try to run pass them; do you have a greater chance to inflict damage or have a method to 'block' your forward movement ?

Where this comes from is the ability to create a front line (warriors attempt to protect range/spell caster unit). If you enage as warrior do you have any method to prevent or delay or hinder an oponent movement towards the weaker range/spell caster ?

(i'm ignorning things like knock-down/web/paralysis spells from thsi question/discussion)

From what they have shown, whenever a combatant disengages from melee combat his adjacent opponents get an attack of oportunity. Also if you have characters on both side of an opponent, that opponent is considered flanked and you have a higher chance to hit him I believe. (I think they mention it on some of the let's play videos).

ok thanks; i watched a couple of hte videos but i think i missed it. THis was one thign i really disliked about dragon-age; it was impossible to create a line of defense (though I admit it is much easier to do with turn-base mechanics)