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<blockquote data-quote="TaranTheWanderer" data-source="post: 7572346" data-attributes="member: 15882">Wait.&nbsp;&nbsp; Are we getting all finicky on precisel wording?&nbsp; Why is that important if the player is telling you what they want.&nbsp; And if you want to get in to semantics, if the player says I shoot after he starts casting but before he finishes casting. As soon as the casting start, it immediately stops starting even before the spell is cast.&nbsp; Seems a bit ludicrous to be that specific.&nbsp; It means you can’t do things like this in combat:&nbsp; “on my turn I hold a knife to unconscious persons throat and ready an action that if anyone starts casting a spell, I kill the person.&nbsp; Then I say, “nobody move or he dies!”In every situation I’ve played through like this, if someone casts a spell, you get to cut the throat before the spell hits anyone.&nbsp; The other way means the spellcaster can cast with impunity.&nbsp; He casts sleep or banishment on his ally or whatever and stand off averted.&nbsp; Easy peasy.&nbsp; Casters are powerful enough as it is but now you can’t even force a stand off anymore.&nbsp; It kind of sucks the drama out of it, I feel.&nbsp; I wouldn’t play it like that at my table.&nbsp; Kind of boring in my mind. If that is indeed RAW, I guess this is one of these situations where I would ignore RAW and play in a way that makes my game more fun.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TaranTheWanderer, post: 7572346, member: 15882"] Wait. Are we getting all finicky on precisel wording? Why is that important if the player is telling you what they want. And if you want to get in to semantics, if the player says I shoot after he starts casting but before he finishes casting. As soon as the casting start, it immediately stops starting even before the spell is cast. Seems a bit ludicrous to be that specific. It means you can’t do things like this in combat: “on my turn I hold a knife to unconscious persons throat and ready an action that if anyone starts casting a spell, I kill the person. Then I say, “nobody move or he dies!” In every situation I’ve played through like this, if someone casts a spell, you get to cut the throat before the spell hits anyone. The other way means the spellcaster can cast with impunity. He casts sleep or banishment on his ally or whatever and stand off averted. Easy peasy. Casters are powerful enough as it is but now you can’t even force a stand off anymore. It kind of sucks the drama out of it, I feel. I wouldn’t play it like that at my table. Kind of boring in my mind. If that is indeed RAW, I guess this is one of these situations where I would ignore RAW and play in a way that makes my game more fun. [/QUOTE]

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