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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mengu" data-source="post: 5431938" data-attributes="member: 65726">Sometimes there are so many triggers we forget whose turn it is.Rogue moves to get a flank, provoking from enemy. But before that, fighter gets his combat challenge attack, hitting target. Target continues with opportunity attack and hits the rogue but the ranger will have none of that, so he takes a disruptive strike. That bloodies the enemy who has a free action that attacks everyone around him, hits the fighter and crits the rogue who are both pushed 1 square and knocked prone. The shaman uses an interrupt to take half the damage from the rogue's crit. The ranger uses the quick property daily from his bow to try and finish off the enemy but misses. Uses elven accuracy to reroll and hits. He uses Blessing of Corellon to allow the fighter to spend a surge. The fighter uses his amulet of life to spend 2. So all of that happened during an opportunity attack. By this time, it's not unusual for the rogue to be sitting there with a glazed look on his face waiting for the ranger or the fighter to finish their turn. It's like a round of actions that happen during an opportunity action. Fortunately we use an initiative board and can prod the rogue along to take the rest of his turn.In summary, yes triggered actions can and do trigger other actions all the time. One needs to carefully observe and make sure no one is taking immediate actions during their turn (like the rogue couldn't use halfling second chance during his turn to have the crit rerolled), and make sure no one is taking multiple immediate actions in one round (like the fighter couldn't use Hold Your Ground utility to not be pushed because he already used Combat Challenge attack as his immediate action). And have to make sure no one is taking multiple free action attacks during the turn (like the monster couldn't use it's Rampage free attack when it critted because the crit happened for a free attack during this turn).</blockquote>

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