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<blockquote data-quote="Tovec" data-source="post: 6146125" data-attributes="member: 95493">Too true. IRL a fireball's effects should knock people back because of the compression from the fireball.By 3e rules? I don't have those books.By 3.5 rules?So there is NO WAY to ready the action against &quot;glowing light before fireball goes off&quot; because that is part of it going off. Prepare for &quot;when the caster casts fireball&quot; then when he does you move 20 feet (or w/e distance) and then the caster adjusts to your new position AS it is cast. There is no way to do AS he casts. It is an interruption at which point the cater resumes. So, (1) how do you know where he is going to lob it, (2) how do you avoid it? Interruption can be before but not DURING the event, as the event itself is what the person wants to avoid and has no adequate way of doing so.EDIT: To specify &quot;when the area glows&quot; is not nearly good enough. The area glows as an instantaneous effect. It happens immediately and in a sudden moment. You can't break it down by part of the effect before the next part of the effect. As written in SRD you can do it before he acts, at which point he can alter how he acts according. It is meant to allow you to react or respond differently after knowing what would have happened after your normal turn. It is NOT meant to break the spell economy or otherwise screw casters or anyone else out of their actions. If your prepared action goes off before the caster then the caster can adjust as he normally would have if you had kept your initiative.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tovec, post: 6146125, member: 95493"] Too true. IRL a fireball's effects should knock people back because of the compression from the fireball. By 3e rules? I don't have those books. By 3.5 rules? So there is NO WAY to ready the action against "glowing light before fireball goes off" because that is part of it going off. Prepare for "when the caster casts fireball" then when he does you move 20 feet (or w/e distance) and then the caster adjusts to your new position AS it is cast. There is no way to do AS he casts. It is an interruption at which point the cater resumes. So, (1) how do you know where he is going to lob it, (2) how do you avoid it? Interruption can be before but not DURING the event, as the event itself is what the person wants to avoid and has no adequate way of doing so. EDIT: To specify "when the area glows" is not nearly good enough. The area glows as an instantaneous effect. It happens immediately and in a sudden moment. You can't break it down by part of the effect before the next part of the effect. As written in SRD you can do it before he acts, at which point he can alter how he acts according. It is meant to allow you to react or respond differently after knowing what would have happened after your normal turn. It is NOT meant to break the spell economy or otherwise screw casters or anyone else out of their actions. If your prepared action goes off before the caster then the caster can adjust as he normally would have if you had kept your initiative. [/QUOTE]

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