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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shin Okada" data-source="post: 7253388" data-attributes="member: 1956">Battlemagic Perception spell from Heroes of Battle says,At first glance this spell seems wonderful. But I noticed one thing. AFAIK, unless otherwise noted, a character/creature can take free actions only during one's turn. The only exceptions are speaking (per PHB 114), spells like Feather Fall which specifically says so, and such. And Feather Fall is changed to an immediate action spell after the introduction of Immediate action and swift action.If so, allowing a counter spell as a free action seems to be not that useful. It is possible that the caster attempts a counter spell during HIS turn (say, when an opponent tries to counter his spell or use some immediate action spell). Otherwise, the caster still must ready an action (a free action is one of the options for readied action).Am I wrong about the ruling of free action? Or shall I just consider Battle Magic Perception as an exception which allows a caster to take a specific free action out of his turn? Or shall I translate it to be an immediate action?</blockquote>