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<blockquote data-quote="Ilbranteloth" data-source="post: 7030596" data-attributes="member: 6778044">We base it on the circumstance. We'd like to avoid the &quot;game&quot; of combat and instead allow the rules to adjudicate the actions in the combat. So if circumstances make it reasonable to alter your action, then go right ahead. If that change seems to put you at a disadvantage, then so be it. But I wouldn't want a rule that requires it. So if you're charging across the battlefield at an orc, and your ranger buddy puts an arrow through its throat and drops it, you can alter your charge to attack another orc somewhere more or less in front of you (say, like a 20 or 30 degree arc on either side of your original target). On the other hand, if the only other possible target is an orcish sorcerer on a ridge 90 degrees to your left and at least 150 feet away, then you can (and almost certainly will) change your course of action, but it probably won't resolve this round.Part of the idea for us is to focus on the action, rather than whether you resolve an action in every round. You've taken an action - you charged across the battlefield. You expected to have to clobber the orc you were screaming at, but that turned out to be moot. So you kick the orc in the head as you turn to survey the battlefield and consider your next move.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ilbranteloth, post: 7030596, member: 6778044"] We base it on the circumstance. We'd like to avoid the "game" of combat and instead allow the rules to adjudicate the actions in the combat. So if circumstances make it reasonable to alter your action, then go right ahead. If that change seems to put you at a disadvantage, then so be it. But I wouldn't want a rule that requires it. So if you're charging across the battlefield at an orc, and your ranger buddy puts an arrow through its throat and drops it, you can alter your charge to attack another orc somewhere more or less in front of you (say, like a 20 or 30 degree arc on either side of your original target). On the other hand, if the only other possible target is an orcish sorcerer on a ridge 90 degrees to your left and at least 150 feet away, then you can (and almost certainly will) change your course of action, but it probably won't resolve this round. Part of the idea for us is to focus on the action, rather than whether you [I]resolve[/I] an action in every round. You've taken an action - you charged across the battlefield. You expected to have to clobber the orc you were screaming at, but that turned out to be moot. So you kick the orc in the head as you turn to survey the battlefield and consider your next move. [/QUOTE]

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