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[sblock=OOC Readied Action]Oh, no, you can tell me what you intend to do! And I can surely set you on that path as soon as your first turn comes up in the initiative order. But you can't ready an action now so that you get to go first in the initiative order no matter what the other guy rolls.
From Core Rules, pg. 223:
The ready action lets you prepare to take an action later, after your turn is over but before your next one has begun. Readying is a standard action. It does not provoke an attack of opportunity (though the action that you ready might do so).
The two things to attend in this are:
It seemed really counter-intuitive to me at first as well, but it really does make sense.[/sblock]
From Core Rules, pg. 223:
The ready action lets you prepare to take an action later, after your turn is over but before your next one has begun. Readying is a standard action. It does not provoke an attack of opportunity (though the action that you ready might do so).
The two things to attend in this are:
- Standard Action - Standard Actions are taken within initiative, not outside of initiative, and (even more importantly)
- "after your turn is over" - You can't take your first readied action until after you've already had a turn in which to prepare a readied action.
It seemed really counter-intuitive to me at first as well, but it really does make sense.[/sblock]
. . . Isn't Houwlou always ready to stab the sh** outta something?
