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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Zoom" data-source="post: 35562" data-attributes="member: 409">First, &quot;holding an action&quot; is called &quot;Delay.&quot;&nbsp; You may choose to delay, not 10 counts of initiative, but until the initiative count reaches -10 minus your initiative bonus.&nbsp; See the PHB page 134, first column, 5th full paragraph for an example of this.You may choose Refocus as your action after you Delay, although in most cases this makes no sense.&nbsp; You delay to last in the round, refocus and go first in the following round.&nbsp; Nothing changed except the number of your initiative.&nbsp; You still acted next.&nbsp; It is not really a reset of your old initiative.&nbsp; Refocusing gives you an initiative as if you rolled a 20.&nbsp; Note that if another combatant rolled a really high initiative number, you may not go first in the next round, but after the other, faster character.Yes. No.Yes.&nbsp; What you are proposing is that a character gets his cake and eats it, too.&nbsp; You see, Ready is a standard action.&nbsp; He did not do &quot;nothing.&quot;&nbsp; He readied an attack but the situation never happened for which he readied.&nbsp; He cannot just undo his action and get another.&nbsp; The differance between Ready and Delay is that the Ready action is an action, Delay is not an action.&nbsp; Ready means the character takes an action on his turn, but Delay means he delays his turn entirely.&nbsp; That is why he can Refocus after Delaying, but not after he takes a standard action like Ready or any other standard action.Refocus is a full round action during which you cannot move (not even a 5 foot step).&nbsp; It does not necessarily allow you to go first in the next round, although this may be the typical result.&nbsp; Your initiative number is recalculated as if you rolled a 20.&nbsp; You add to this your initiative bonuses (or penalties).&nbsp; That is your new initiative.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr. Zoom, post: 35562, member: 409"] First, "holding an action" is called "Delay." You may choose to delay, not 10 counts of initiative, but until the initiative count reaches -10 minus your initiative bonus. See the PHB page 134, first column, 5th full paragraph for an example of this. You may choose Refocus as your action after you Delay, although in most cases this makes no sense. You delay to last in the round, refocus and go first in the following round. Nothing changed except the number of your initiative. You still acted next. It is not really a reset of your old initiative. Refocusing gives you an initiative as if you rolled a 20. Note that if another combatant rolled a really high initiative number, you may not go first in the next round, but after the other, faster character. Yes. No. Yes. What you are proposing is that a character gets his cake and eats it, too. You see, Ready is a standard action. He did not do "nothing." He readied an attack but the situation never happened for which he readied. He cannot just undo his action and get another. The differance between Ready and Delay is that the Ready action is an action, Delay is not an action. Ready means the character takes an action on his turn, but Delay means he delays his turn entirely. That is why he can Refocus after Delaying, but not after he takes a standard action like Ready or any other standard action. Refocus is a full round action during which you cannot move (not even a 5 foot step). It does not necessarily allow you to go first in the next round, although this may be the typical result. Your initiative number is recalculated as if you rolled a 20. You add to this your initiative bonuses (or penalties). That is your new initiative. [/QUOTE]

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