Dragon Healing/Swoop while engaged

[Jay Cain]

Per the rules, a figure can only attack adjacent figures while engaged in combat. If Sonlen is engaged, does this apply his dragon's powers also?

My stance is that the Dragon Swoop isn't an "attack" by the formal definition, mainly since it involves a d20 roll, so Sonlen can be engaged while his dragon is swooping at another figure 4 spaces away.

I think this rule would apply to any power that isn't a "special attack", such as Dust of Death, Stare of Stone, etc.