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<blockquote data-quote="IceBear" data-source="post: 84497" data-attributes="member: 1118">But wouldn't that turn a readied action into a delayed action in some cases?Delayed Action is hardly ever used as it is.But, I do understand what you're saying. I just don't know if there are any deeper impact to this ruling. Hmmmmm.....before, if you readied an action, you were always ahead of the opponent in the initiative score, and thus you could continue to ready an action against that opponent (Fighter who keeps readying an action against a wizard who is casting spells).&nbsp; This would allow a situation where the fighter could attempt to disrupt the wizard one round, but the next he couldn't prepare a readied action until after the wizard had gone (Wizard moves back 30ft and starts to cast a spell).Maybe you wouldn't consider the wizard to have used a MEA and a standard action in that case, but I don't know if that's what you meant.[Edit]Actually, I think I would rule that if your readied action didn't go until AFTER the person has completed his round then it's really a DELAY that they used.&nbsp; If the fighter had stepped around the corner at the beginning of the round and the archers fired, then I would rule that they used a readied action.&nbsp; The fighter could then step back around the corner if he wished.&nbsp; If the fighter, as the last part of his turn stepped around the corner, it's not really a readied action because they aren't interrupting an action in progress, they are reacting to an action that's just finished.I guess, what I'm saying is that I agree with you, but I don't see it as a rule change to readied actions per se, just as a changing of the action from readied to delay.IceBear</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IceBear, post: 84497, member: 1118"] But wouldn't that turn a readied action into a delayed action in some cases? Delayed Action is hardly ever used as it is. But, I do understand what you're saying. I just don't know if there are any deeper impact to this ruling. Hmmmmm.....before, if you readied an action, you were always ahead of the opponent in the initiative score, and thus you could continue to ready an action against that opponent (Fighter who keeps readying an action against a wizard who is casting spells). This would allow a situation where the fighter could attempt to disrupt the wizard one round, but the next he couldn't prepare a readied action until after the wizard had gone (Wizard moves back 30ft and starts to cast a spell). Maybe you wouldn't consider the wizard to have used a MEA and a standard action in that case, but I don't know if that's what you meant. [Edit] Actually, I think I would rule that if your readied action didn't go until AFTER the person has completed his round then it's really a DELAY that they used. If the fighter had stepped around the corner at the beginning of the round and the archers fired, then I would rule that they used a readied action. The fighter could then step back around the corner if he wished. If the fighter, as the last part of his turn stepped around the corner, it's not really a readied action because they aren't interrupting an action in progress, they are reacting to an action that's just finished. I guess, what I'm saying is that I agree with you, but I don't see it as a rule change to readied actions per se, just as a changing of the action from readied to delay. IceBear [/QUOTE]

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