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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5736444" data-attributes="member: 35909">You can &quot;ready&quot; whatever you want just fine out of initiative.&nbsp; You want to catch your friend's flipped coin, sure.&nbsp; But as soon as conflict is involved, you're infringing on initiative's job.If you're preparing to do some action against a foe but do not manage to get surprise, you roll initiative.&nbsp; It's real great that you had something planned out, but you failed to get the drop on him, so whether or not you get to actually get to enact your little plan before he can do something about it is determined by your roll.I really don't know what else I can say to explain this...that's the entire purpose of initiative.You can draw your spear and make stabby motions with it all you want out of combat (time still passes, of course).&nbsp; But you want to ready to draw your spear (quickdraw feat) and stab someone as he rushes at you when you're staring straight at each other?&nbsp; WIN INITIATIVE.&nbsp; Otherwise, before you know what hit you, or possibly even in the middle of attempting your planned action but before you can complete it the other guy is on you.&nbsp; Again, that's what initiative is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5736444, member: 35909"] You can "ready" whatever you want just fine out of initiative. You want to catch your friend's flipped coin, sure. But as soon as conflict is involved, you're infringing on initiative's job. If you're preparing to do some action against a foe but do not manage to get surprise, you roll initiative. It's real great that you had something planned out, but you failed to get the drop on him, so whether or not you get to actually get to enact your little plan before he can do something about it is determined by your roll. I really don't know what else I can say to explain this...that's the entire purpose of initiative. You can draw your spear and make stabby motions with it all you want out of combat (time still passes, of course). But you want to ready to draw your spear (quickdraw feat) and stab someone as he rushes at you when you're staring straight at each other? WIN INITIATIVE. Otherwise, before you know what hit you, or possibly even [b]in the middle of attempting your planned action but before you can complete it[/b] the other guy is on you. Again, that's what initiative [b]is[/b]. [/QUOTE]

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