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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2199868" data-attributes="member: 2011">Incorrect. Ask Hyp.If I decide to not move, my initiative STILL COMES UP. I am still not flat-footed because flat-footed only occurs BEFORE my first initiative.I am clinging to the rules because of what the rules state.I can do a Delay Action and that is still performing an action. I am still not flat-footed the instant my initiative comes up. Nowhere does it state that I have to physically move or somesuch in order to no longer be flat-footed."Flat-Footed: At the start of a battle, before you have had a chance to act (specifically, before your first regular turn in the initiative order), you are flat-footed."Once it becomes your turn, you are no longer flat-footed. That is a game mechanic that the character has no control over."Readying an Action: You can ready a standard action, a move action, or a free action. To do so, specify the action you will take and the conditions under which you will take it. Then, any time before your next action, you may take the readied action in response to that condition. The action occurs just before the action that triggers it. If the triggered action is part of another character’s activities, you interrupt the other character."You interrupt his activities, you do not prevent him from starting them. Otherwise, your Ready trigger condition could never occur.For example, the very fact that he starts casting a spell is what triggers your Ready action. You interrupt his casting with your action, your action is resolved before his action, and your future initiative is before his, but he still STARTED casting the spell (and was not flat-footed while doing so).</blockquote>

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