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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 6766537" data-attributes="member: 6777052"><p>Yes, but note that Action, Move and Bonus Action can only take place in your turn, whereas you can use your reaction during someone else's turn; and note that you don't necessarily get a bonus action, only if some special feature or circumstance grants you one</p><p></p><p>Correct. You can only make one Reaction per round and making an AoO uses it up.</p><p></p><p>Yes, that's called "Readying an Action" and it uses up both your Action (preparing it) and your Reaction (doing it)</p><p></p><p>Only if you have a feature that allows you to make two or more Actions on your turn; you need one to make the attack and another to Ready an Action. Normally, you couldn't do both.</p><p></p><p>You are allowed one Reaction per round, whether you have used your Action on your turn or not. (Indeed, you can use your Reaction before you even take your turn, then take your turn as normal.) So using your action to make an attack, for example, doesn't prevent you from using your Reaction later in the same turn to make an AoO. It does prevent you Readying an Action, though.</p><p></p><p>It's not that AoO's are special, it's that Readying is special. It might have been better if they had called it "Readying a Reaction" because that's essentially what it is.</p><p></p><p>Note, though, that even if you do use up your Action to prepare a "Ready", you are not committed to enacting it. You can use your Reaction for something else beforehand (for an AoO, for example) in which case the Ready is cancelled, or you can choose not to have it happen even if the trigger occurs, if you change your mind and want to save your Reaction for something else you think might happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 6766537, member: 6777052"] Yes, but note that Action, Move and Bonus Action can only take place in your turn, whereas you can use your reaction during someone else's turn; and note that you don't necessarily get a bonus action, only if some special feature or circumstance grants you one Correct. You can only make one Reaction per round and making an AoO uses it up. Yes, that's called "Readying an Action" and it uses up both your Action (preparing it) and your Reaction (doing it) Only if you have a feature that allows you to make two or more Actions on your turn; you need one to make the attack and another to Ready an Action. Normally, you couldn't do both. You are allowed one Reaction per round, whether you have used your Action on your turn or not. (Indeed, you can use your Reaction before you even take your turn, then take your turn as normal.) So using your action to make an attack, for example, doesn't prevent you from using your Reaction later in the same turn to make an AoO. It does prevent you Readying an Action, though. It's not that AoO's are special, it's that Readying is special. It might have been better if they had called it "Readying a Reaction" because that's essentially what it is. Note, though, that even if you do use up your Action to prepare a "Ready", you are not committed to enacting it. You can use your Reaction for something else beforehand (for an AoO, for example) in which case the Ready is cancelled, or you can choose not to have it happen even if the trigger occurs, if you change your mind and want to save your Reaction for something else you think might happen. [/QUOTE]
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