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<blockquote data-quote="d2OKC" data-source="post: 6014621" data-attributes="member: 97351">S'mon is spot on.The action point is one of the best things to come out of Eberron (and there are a lot of good things that came out of Eberron!), and really adds a lot to help players make their choices (and, sometimes to help make their choices more difficult). Being able to use an action point at any time during a round is pretty awesome, because it gives the player - or DM - a lot of leeway in how they can use their powers.Often times I'll use my action point first in the round, just as a way to show how desperate my character is to use this particular action. Especially when you have feats like Action Surge, that give extras with the action point, it adds a lot of RP possibility into combat.I played a Shaman all the way through heroic tier, and he was notorious for saving up his action points for just the right moment, which often meant he never used them at all. So, when he eventually pulled them out against a large boss or against a creature he had a particular dislike for, the other players knew it was a big deal.All that to say, yes. S'mon is correct. The action point can be used at any point in a player's turn. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="d2OKC, post: 6014621, member: 97351"] S'mon is spot on. The action point is one of the best things to come out of Eberron (and there are a lot of good things that came out of Eberron!), and really adds a lot to help players make their choices (and, sometimes to help make their choices more difficult). Being able to use an action point at any time during a round is pretty awesome, because it gives the player - or DM - a lot of leeway in how they can use their powers. Often times I'll use my action point first in the round, just as a way to show how desperate my character is to use this particular action. Especially when you have feats like Action Surge, that give extras with the action point, it adds a lot of RP possibility into combat. I played a Shaman all the way through heroic tier, and he was notorious for saving up his action points for just the right moment, which often meant he never used them at all. So, when he eventually pulled them out against a large boss or against a creature he had a particular dislike for, the other players knew it was a big deal. All that to say, yes. S'mon is correct. The action point can be used at any point in a player's turn. :) [/QUOTE]

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