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<blockquote data-quote="Silveras" data-source="post: 1409377" data-attributes="member: 6271">Much depends on the style of talk around the table. In my group, &quot;hit&quot; means specifically &quot;successful attack&quot;, not just &quot;attempt to attack&quot;. Also, while Reiella is incorrect about the sequence of events. Readied actions can be triggered in the middle of another creature's action -- the specific example given is a creature moving into view for someone with a readied range weapon to attack. That happens in the middle of the creature's action, not before it. I can also envision a circumstance where the player may have been afraid of a follow-up attack of some type. Some feats allow you to make a Trip or other special attack type after a successful melee hit. Declaring a ready action to strike someone who succeeded in hitting you is not unreasonable in that event. It has been suggested that the DM needs to clarify the meaning in such cases. What cases ? At my table, the stated action would be a valid response to a rare case. I would not clarify what seemed pretty clear to me at the time, unless the player was a new one and I had reason to suspect s/he might not be familiar with the table usage. However, if the player was one of my regulars, the declaration would seem a little odd but would be valid, and I would have run it just as Reveal did.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silveras, post: 1409377, member: 6271"] Much depends on the style of talk around the table. In my group, "hit" means specifically "successful attack", not just "attempt to attack". Also, while Reiella is incorrect about the sequence of events. Readied actions can be triggered in the middle of another creature's action -- the specific example given is a creature moving into view for someone with a readied range weapon to attack. That happens in the middle of the creature's action, not before it. I can also envision a circumstance where the player may have been afraid of a follow-up attack of some type. Some feats allow you to make a Trip or other special attack type after a successful melee hit. Declaring a ready action to strike someone who succeeded in hitting you is not unreasonable in that event. It has been suggested that the DM needs to clarify the meaning in such cases. What cases ? At my table, the stated action would be a valid response to a rare case. I would not clarify what seemed pretty clear to me at the time, unless the player was a new one and I had reason to suspect s/he might not be familiar with the table usage. However, if the player was one of my regulars, the declaration would seem a little odd but would be valid, and I would have run it just as Reveal did. [/QUOTE]

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