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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5861087" data-attributes="member: 92305">I don't interpret it that way. PC A rolls 17 nish. (PC A has init mod +0)PC B rolls 11 nish. (PC B has init mod +1)PC C rolls 11 nish. (PC C has init mod +2)   1. PC A can delay to 12 and go before both PC B and PC C. 2. PC A can delay to 10 and go after both PC B and PC C. 3. PC A can delay to 11, but if he does, the order will be same as if he delayed to 10. The 11 count order will be: PC C, then PC B, then PC A. According to the Initiative Tie rule.      I'm not considering it one way or the other. I didn't say that I liked the rule. I'm just telling you what I see when I read the rule.      The Ready Action specifically states that a character can interrupt another character's turn. Thus, if PC A wanted to go between PC B and PC C, the Ready Action would be the answer, not the Delay.     Yes to the first part and no to the second part.If your read the Ready Action, it specifically states, "....the readied action interrupts the other character".  The Delay action specifically states, "...nor can he interrupt anyone else's action. If he wants to interrupt or pre-empt an action, see the Ready action." You see, you're thinking the Delay and the Ready have the same job. But, it's clear here that they are two different actions aimed at different results. So, yes, I do posit that "initiative count" was intended to function as I claim above. Delay simply changes the character's initiative count. Ready allow the character to actually interrupt another character's turn.</blockquote>

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