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<blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 7573438" data-attributes="member: 6788736">Nowhere does it say that the 'trigger' for the ready action has to be 'a full action, that must be completed in its entirety for you to take your readied action'.You could (for example) ready an action to take place after the first attack of a creatures multi-attack (after 1 attack has happened, and before the action is resolved via the iterative attacks). No DM would have an issue with that.Same deal, you dont have to wait till a creature has used ALL its movement to take a readied action, particularly when your trigger is 'if the creature attempts to move out of the space it currently occupies'.An even better trigger is: 'If the creature moves more than halfway out of my reach, but before they leave it entirely'.You state the trigger (it must be observable to your PC). The trigger can be anything ('as soon as the Guy in robes reaches for his component pouch/ a weapon'). Your readied action goes off as soon as the trigger is complete.In this case, as soon as the Guy in robes reaches for his component pouch or a weapon, your readied action goes off (before he draws the weapon, or casts the spell).The trigger does not need to be an action, completed in full. It just needs to be something observable to your PC (who doesnt have a clue what an 'Action' is) and stated in clear language.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flamestrike, post: 7573438, member: 6788736"] [B]Nowhere [/B]does it say that the 'trigger' for the ready action has to be[I] 'a full action, that must be completed in its entirety for you to take your readied action'.[/I] You could (for example) ready an action to take place after the first attack of a creatures multi-attack (after 1 attack has happened, and before the action is resolved via the iterative attacks). No DM would have an issue with that. Same deal, you dont have to wait till a creature has used ALL its movement to take a readied action, particularly when your trigger is 'if the creature attempts to move out of the space it currently occupies'. An even better trigger is: 'If the creature moves more than halfway out of my reach, but before they leave it entirely'. You state the trigger (it must be observable to your PC). The trigger can be anything ('as soon as the Guy in robes reaches for his component pouch/ a weapon'). Your readied action goes off as soon as the trigger is complete. In this case, as soon as the Guy in robes [B]reaches [/B]for his component pouch or a weapon, your readied action goes off (before he draws the weapon, or casts the spell). The trigger [B]does not need to be an action, completed in full.[/B] It just needs to be something observable to your PC (who doesnt have a clue what an 'Action' is) and stated in clear language. [/QUOTE]

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