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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5635089" data-attributes="member: 92305"><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>Why does Skip say that if you Ready an action that yo dont' get a full round's worth of actions?</p><p> </p><p>In the PHB example that he cites, it says: <span style="color: mediumturquoise">For instance, if you move up to an open door and then ready an action to swing your sword at whatever comes near....</span></p><p> </p><p>So, what's happening here? The character gets his Move action when he moves up to the open door. And, he gets his Standard action in the form of a swing of his sword when that action is triggered. The character got both his Move and Standard action (if triggered).</p><p> </p><p>How did the character not get a full round's worth of actions?</p><p> </p><p>Does the quote mean if the readied action isn't triggered, then the character doesn't get a full round's worth of actions?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>EDIT: There's another thing that skip says that is confusing. "<span style="color: mediumturquoise"><strong>Ready:</strong> Ready is a standard action that allows you to prepare another standard action or a move action at some later point in the round. You must specify some condition that triggers your readied action</span>."</p><p> </p><p>If Ready is a standard action...and it allows you to prepare another standard action, then the character is taking two standard actions in a round.</p><p> </p><p>Plus, this doesn't fit with the example from the PHB where the character moves to the doorway (a Move action) and then prepares to attack an enemy that walks through. If the Ready is a standard action, then this character is getting a Move action, then a standard action (the Ready), and then the attack standard action if triggered. That would be three actions during the round.</p><p> </p><p>So....something is smelly with Skip's description here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 5635089, member: 92305"] [INDENT] [/INDENT]Why does Skip say that if you Ready an action that yo dont' get a full round's worth of actions? In the PHB example that he cites, it says: [COLOR=mediumturquoise]For instance, if you move up to an open door and then ready an action to swing your sword at whatever comes near....[/COLOR] So, what's happening here? The character gets his Move action when he moves up to the open door. And, he gets his Standard action in the form of a swing of his sword when that action is triggered. The character got both his Move and Standard action (if triggered). How did the character not get a full round's worth of actions? Does the quote mean if the readied action isn't triggered, then the character doesn't get a full round's worth of actions? EDIT: There's another thing that skip says that is confusing. "[COLOR=mediumturquoise][B]Ready:[/B] Ready is a standard action that allows you to prepare another standard action or a move action at some later point in the round. You must specify some condition that triggers your readied action[/COLOR]." If Ready is a standard action...and it allows you to prepare another standard action, then the character is taking two standard actions in a round. Plus, this doesn't fit with the example from the PHB where the character moves to the doorway (a Move action) and then prepares to attack an enemy that walks through. If the Ready is a standard action, then this character is getting a Move action, then a standard action (the Ready), and then the attack standard action if triggered. That would be three actions during the round. So....something is smelly with Skip's description here. [/QUOTE]
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