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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7797147" data-attributes="member: 29398">Very true, though keep in mind that oftentimes in non-combat situations the usual modifiers to initiative might not apply - you're basically just rolling unmodified dice to see what event happens first (or, if the dice are tied, whether they occur at the same time).You know, I'd never really given any serious thought to this before now, but since forever I've always kind of seen initiative as being when your action - wait for it - initiates.  Largely a moot point in 5e where most actions initiate and resolve at the same time, but for movement in particular I've always had it that your init is when you start moving, not when you arrive (and movement isn't a mini-teleport, it takes time to get from A to B even though the rules-as-written have completely ignored this since before 3e).But neither are the priest's, so it will (or should!) come down to first in, first out - the priest will still be undertaking his action when Conan's fist connects with his jaw.Now if the priest noticed something amiss ahead of time and in fact started an action first, that's different; and then it's Conan who's probably on the receiving end.</blockquote>