[RPG] Can an enethe facing someone with the Sentinel Feat and a Glaive move 5′ then disengage

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Sentinel (pages 169–170, Player's Handbook) says

  • Creatures within 5 feet of you provoke opportunity attacks from you even if they take the Disengage action before leaving your reach.

So one of my characters has the Sentinel feat and uses a glaive. The GM moved the bad guy back 5' so he's no longer standing within 5' of my character, then used the disengage action to avoid an OA, and then completed his original move action. Is this valid by RAW and/or RAI?

I know Rule 0 "the GM can rule however he wants".

Best Answer

The creature will still provoke an opportunity attack when it leaves your range.

The original sentinel feat states the following:

Creatures within 5 feet of you provoke opportunity attacks from you even if they take the Disengage action before leaving your reach.

It is clarified by the following official errata from WotC

Sentinel (p. 169). Ignore “within 5 feet of you” in the second benefit.'

Therefore, the OA attack works for you as soon as the creature leaves the range of your melee attack, in this case, 10 ft.

Source: https://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/dnd/Errata_PH.pdf

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