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<blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 2838447" data-attributes="member: 40176">I've found a couple of interesting data points regarding the question of whether an immediate action can 'interrupt' an attack action to come between the hit and the damage.First, the mystic aegis spell is used as an immediate action when you are targeted by a spell and gives you Spell Resistance against that spell - so clearly, you can use an immediate action after you know where a spell is targeted, but before its effects are resolved.Second, the Knight's Improved Shield Ally special ability is an immediate action that allows him to take the full force of a blow aimed at an adjacent ally. It must be used after the attacker determines that an attack has succeeded, but before he rolls damage. That's a pretty specific example of an immediate action which not only can, but must interrupt an attack action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MarkB, post: 2838447, member: 40176"] I've found a couple of interesting data points regarding the question of whether an immediate action can 'interrupt' an attack action to come between the hit and the damage. First, the [i]mystic aegis[/i] spell is used as an immediate action [b]when you are targeted by a spell[/b] and gives you Spell Resistance against that spell - so clearly, you [i]can[/i] use an immediate action after you know where a spell is targeted, but before its effects are resolved. Second, the Knight's [i]Improved Shield Ally[/i] special ability is an immediate action that allows him to take the full force of a blow aimed at an adjacent ally. It must be used [b]after the attacker determines that an attack has succeeded, but before he rolls damage[/b]. That's a pretty specific example of an immediate action which not only can, but [i]must[/i] interrupt an attack action. [/QUOTE]

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