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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cheshire_grin" data-source="post: 3773858" data-attributes="member: 54244">The closest thing I can find to any kind of written rule is in the Tome of Battle. The Wall of Blades Iron Heart maneuver has an initiation action of 1 immediate action, but states in its description, "You can decide to use this ability after you learn the result of your opponent's attack". In other words, between the to-hit and the damage rolls.However, the Manticore Parry maneuver (also an immediate action to activate) specifically says "You must decide whether to initiate this maneuver after the enemy attacks, but before you know whether or not the attack you are attempting to deflect actually hits" (emphasis added)--in other words, you cannot activate it between the to-hit and damage rolls, you must do so prior to the to-hit roll.So the rules seem to go both ways (within two pages of a single sourcebook...).Personally I would rule that unless an ability specifically allows activation between to-hit and damage (as Wall of Blades does), you cannot take an immediate action between to-hit and damage rolls, only before or after both.</blockquote>