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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2846974" data-attributes="member: 2011">The free action can be done while taking another action, but where does it state that it can be initiated at any time during that action? It is one thing to declare that you are going to drop to the ground during your attack. It is another thing to delcare that you are going to drop to the ground after you find out your attack failed (and the attack action is already over).Resolution is not &quot;in character&quot; actions. It is player actions.Characters do not roll dice to resolve actions. Players do.Some free actions (like speaking) can be done at the same time as another character's action.There is no such thing as doing a character's free action at the same time as another &quot;player's action&quot;.There are some specific actions that declare that characters can do some specific actions after a given game mechanic resolution is determined. For example, you can decide to drop a tripping weapon on a successful countertrip. But, those are exceptions.You cannot stop Bullrushing your opponent because an opponent got a successful Attack of Opportunity against you (unless you die or go unconscious) since those are all part of the same action resolution.A spell, on the other hand, can be aborted after taking damage from a successful AoO since the Concentration skill effectively says so. You must make the Concentration check, but the skill says that if you make it, &quot;you may continue with the action as normal&quot; which indicates that you do not have to. Bullrush does not have any such wording.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 2846974, member: 2011"] The free action can be done while taking another action, but where does it state that it can be initiated at any time during that action? It is one thing to declare that you are going to drop to the ground during your attack. It is another thing to delcare that you are going to drop to the ground after you find out your attack failed (and the attack action is already over). Resolution is not "in character" actions. It is player actions. Characters do not roll dice to resolve actions. Players do. Some free actions (like speaking) can be done at the same time as another character's action. There is no such thing as doing a character's free action at the same time as another "player's action". There are some specific actions that declare that characters can do some specific actions after a given game mechanic resolution is determined. For example, you can decide to drop a tripping weapon on a successful countertrip. But, those are exceptions. You cannot stop Bullrushing your opponent because an opponent got a successful Attack of Opportunity against you (unless you die or go unconscious) since those are all part of the same action resolution. A spell, on the other hand, can be aborted after taking damage from a successful AoO since the Concentration skill effectively says so. You must make the Concentration check, but the skill says that if you make it, "[b]you may continue[/b] with the action as normal" which indicates that you do not have to. Bullrush does not have any such wording. [/QUOTE]

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