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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 6766602" data-attributes="member: 907"><p>On your own turn, you get to move, perform an action, and sometimes a bonus action (if you have something that lets you). You can also interact with an object.</p><p></p><p>In addition you get one reaction per round, defined as "start of your turn" to "start of your next turn". Reactions are taken in response to something else happening, usually on someone else's turn but sometimes on your own (e.g. you attack someone, they cast <em>shield</em> as a reaction, and you cast <em>counterspell</em> as a reaction).</p><p></p><p>The most common reaction is the opportunity attack - when a foe leaves your reach, you get to make an attack against them as a reaction. The second most common reaction is readying an action, which takes up both your action on your regular turn, and your reaction on someone else's turn. An example would be aiming at a doorway and shooting at the first thing that enters. There are also numerous class features and/or spells that are performed/cast as reactions: the rogue's Uncanny Dodge, the battlemaster fighter's Parry, or spells like <em>feather fall</em> or <em>counterspell</em>.</p><p></p><p>With the exception of readied actions, reactions don't affect actions taken on your regular turn.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No, because you used your action to Attack, not to Ready.</p><p></p><p></p><p>More the other way around: Ready is special in that it eats both your action and reaction. Note however that if you have readied an action, and you get another opportunity to take a reaction before the readied action triggers, you can still take that reaction but then you won't get the readied action (since you no longer have a reaction with which to do it).</p><p></p><p>For example, let's say a rogue is standing next to his barbarian buddy, and readies an action to attack the first foe that moves adjacent to them both (in order to get Sneak Attack damage). But then an enemy mage steps out of the shadows, and casts <em>crown of madness</em> on the barbarian, forcing him to attack the rogue - and the barbarian crits, dealing 40 damage or something ridiculous like that. The rogue then gets to say "Nope, I Uncanny Dodge that for half damage", using his reaction. Then one of the other foes moves up, giving the rogue a golden opportunity for a sneak attack... which they can't take, because they already used their reaction.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Most are.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There's nothing preventing you from taking an opportunity attack even if you've already attacked earlier on your own turn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 6766602, member: 907"] On your own turn, you get to move, perform an action, and sometimes a bonus action (if you have something that lets you). You can also interact with an object. In addition you get one reaction per round, defined as "start of your turn" to "start of your next turn". Reactions are taken in response to something else happening, usually on someone else's turn but sometimes on your own (e.g. you attack someone, they cast [I]shield[/I] as a reaction, and you cast [I]counterspell[/I] as a reaction). The most common reaction is the opportunity attack - when a foe leaves your reach, you get to make an attack against them as a reaction. The second most common reaction is readying an action, which takes up both your action on your regular turn, and your reaction on someone else's turn. An example would be aiming at a doorway and shooting at the first thing that enters. There are also numerous class features and/or spells that are performed/cast as reactions: the rogue's Uncanny Dodge, the battlemaster fighter's Parry, or spells like [I]feather fall[/I] or [I]counterspell[/I]. With the exception of readied actions, reactions don't affect actions taken on your regular turn. No, because you used your action to Attack, not to Ready. More the other way around: Ready is special in that it eats both your action and reaction. Note however that if you have readied an action, and you get another opportunity to take a reaction before the readied action triggers, you can still take that reaction but then you won't get the readied action (since you no longer have a reaction with which to do it). For example, let's say a rogue is standing next to his barbarian buddy, and readies an action to attack the first foe that moves adjacent to them both (in order to get Sneak Attack damage). But then an enemy mage steps out of the shadows, and casts [I]crown of madness[/I] on the barbarian, forcing him to attack the rogue - and the barbarian crits, dealing 40 damage or something ridiculous like that. The rogue then gets to say "Nope, I Uncanny Dodge that for half damage", using his reaction. Then one of the other foes moves up, giving the rogue a golden opportunity for a sneak attack... which they can't take, because they already used their reaction. Most are. There's nothing preventing you from taking an opportunity attack even if you've already attacked earlier on your own turn. [/QUOTE]
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