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<blockquote data-quote="UngeheuerLich" data-source="post: 7572282" data-attributes="member: 59057">Tell me in which situations it is not better to just shoot instead of ready to shoot if someone casts a spell? Never did I say that a concentration check is asked for. So the only situation I can think of is that the enemies don't want to kill the spellcaster immediately. So it is actually more fun for the wizard if the DM says: &quot;ok, the enemies are faster than you, all point with their crossbows into your direction and say: don't even move a finger or we shoot&quot; instead of the&nbsp; DM saying: &quot;everyone shoots at you and you are dead, because there is no way in the rules that they could stop you from casting when you start moving your fingers.&quot;I mean, I don't want to tell you what is more fun, but I have a clear preference. Remember that to actually ready a crossbow you initially had to win initiative.Edit: and no that is no house rule. That is the rule as in the PHB. The trigger can be anything you can perceive, not an action. Move fingers is something you perceive before the spellcasting is finished. Actually I would allow the spellcaster a sleight of habd check to conceal such a movement to still try and cast the spell. But when you fail, the trigger is fulfilled, but that would be a ruling, not a rule.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UngeheuerLich, post: 7572282, member: 59057"] Tell me in which situations it is not better to just shoot instead of ready to shoot if someone casts a spell? Never did I say that a concentration check is asked for. So the only situation I can think of is that the enemies don't want to kill the spellcaster immediately. So it is actually more fun for the wizard if the DM says: "ok, the enemies are faster than you, all point with their crossbows into your direction and say: don't even move a finger or we shoot" instead of the DM saying: "everyone shoots at you and you are dead, because there is no way in the rules that they could stop you from casting when you start moving your fingers." I mean, I don't want to tell you what is more fun, but I have a clear preference. Remember that to actually ready a crossbow you initially had to win initiative. Edit: and no that is no house rule. That is the rule as in the PHB. The trigger can be anything you can perceive, not an action. Move fingers is something you perceive before the spellcasting is finished. Actually I would allow the spellcaster a sleight of habd check to conceal such a movement to still try and cast the spell. But when you fail, the trigger is fulfilled, but that would be a ruling, not a rule. [/QUOTE]

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