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<blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 7572349" data-attributes="member: 6921763">Disagree, but we've already tread that ground.No, the PC is Readying a spear attack in the case of the Grimlock raising its club against the wizard.&nbsp; That's the trigger.&nbsp; The PC is looking for signs of aggression - and raising a club is a sign of aggression.&nbsp; Once the club is raised, the trigger event has finished, and the Readied action commences.&nbsp; Who's to say that the Grimlock is even attacking?&nbsp; Maybe it is just trying to intimidate?&nbsp; The player doesn't know which it is and the mechanic of the PC's Ready need not change just because the Grimlock intends to attack vs. intends to intimidate.&nbsp; What happens next is the PC gets to throw the spear, per the rules.&nbsp; If you point out that my original post said: &quot;If the Grimlock raises its club to attack the wizard&quot; and that the attack must finish, well we're back to Greg Brady exact words or &quot;Mother-May-I&quot; again:&nbsp; &quot;If only the player left off that part about the attack, I would have allowed it...&quot;It's not likely to happen often, but I can see a Readied action being used to remove a spell focus from an enemy's hand.&nbsp; Is that something that is truly impossible in the fantasy world?&nbsp; Methinks not.&nbsp; &quot;If the evil warlock raises his staff, I (try to) snatch it from his hands.&quot;&nbsp; If the PC's Readied action succeeds, the PC has effectively disrupted the casting of a spell... if that's what the evil warlock was actually up to, that is.&nbsp; The rules do not prohibit this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Swarmkeeper, post: 7572349, member: 6921763"] Disagree, but we've already tread that ground. No, the PC is Readying a spear attack in the case of the Grimlock raising its club against the wizard. That's the trigger. The PC is looking for signs of aggression - and raising a club is a sign of aggression. Once the club is raised, the trigger event has finished, and the Readied action commences. Who's to say that the Grimlock is even attacking? Maybe it is just trying to intimidate? The player doesn't know which it is and the mechanic of the PC's Ready need not change just because the Grimlock intends to attack vs. intends to intimidate. What happens next is the PC gets to throw the spear, per the rules. If you point out that my original post said: "If the Grimlock raises its club to attack the wizard" and that the attack must finish, well we're back to Greg Brady exact words or "Mother-May-I" again: "If only the player left off that part about the attack, I would have allowed it..." It's not likely to happen often, but I can see a Readied action being used to remove a spell focus from an enemy's hand. Is that something that is truly impossible in the fantasy world? Methinks not. "If the evil warlock raises his staff, I (try to) snatch it from his hands." If the PC's Readied action succeeds, the PC has effectively disrupted the casting of a spell... if that's what the evil warlock was actually up to, that is. The rules do not prohibit this. [/QUOTE]

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