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<blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 1409454" data-attributes="member: 13098">What?&nbsp; It is quite possible that a player would mean &quot;hit&quot; instead of attack.&nbsp; The player might have been operating under the premise that the first attacker to actually connect _might_ have thee best attack score.&nbsp; In DnD it is easier to figure out that the Ogre is likely to be more dangerous than the Orc next to him than it is is in D20 Modern where you might be facing several humans, but only one of them is well-trained.&nbsp; I'm not saying that this would be the best way to determine such a thing, but in the absence of any other method, it is likely that one or more of my players would use such a method to guess who poses the most danger.&nbsp; Does that make me a &quot;mean DM&quot; for interpreting their readied actions precisely?&nbsp; Being a mean DM would be forcing the PC to attack when a fellow PC accidentally hit him with a fumble or something.Reveal - Before your next session starts, go over readied actions with your players so all of you are on the same page next time regarding the precision of wording.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BSF, post: 1409454, member: 13098"] What? It is quite possible that a player would mean "hit" instead of attack. The player might have been operating under the premise that the first attacker to actually connect _might_ have thee best attack score. In DnD it is easier to figure out that the Ogre is likely to be more dangerous than the Orc next to him than it is is in D20 Modern where you might be facing several humans, but only one of them is well-trained. I'm not saying that this would be the best way to determine such a thing, but in the absence of any other method, it is likely that one or more of my players would use such a method to guess who poses the most danger. Does that make me a "mean DM" for interpreting their readied actions precisely? Being a mean DM would be forcing the PC to attack when a fellow PC accidentally hit him with a fumble or something. Reveal - Before your next session starts, go over readied actions with your players so all of you are on the same page next time regarding the precision of wording. [/QUOTE]

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