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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5023509" data-attributes="member: 82106">Exactly. While in the past when the game first came out I argued they were not able as a general rule to interrupt other actions it has become clear as WotC has published clarifications and more material that a free action is indeed usable at absolutely ANY time that actions are allowed at all (IE not in the start or end of turn sequences) unless specifically forbidden. So this is RAW. They are indeed better than triggered interrupt type actions because of the lack of limits on how often they can be used.In other words a demon with say 2/encounter variable resistance could be hit with an incoming fire damage attack and apply its resistance to that attack. Later in the same round (even the same turn) it could be hit with cold damage and choose to switch its resistance to cold and resist that attack as well (but it now loses the fire resistance). Note also with variable resistance that it cannot be used to resist a damage type the monster is vulnerable to. This could be used strategically by players, especially with cold damage which is pretty easy to make monsters vulnerable to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5023509, member: 82106"] Exactly. While in the past when the game first came out I argued they were not able as a general rule to interrupt other actions it has become clear as WotC has published clarifications and more material that a free action is indeed usable at absolutely ANY time that actions are allowed at all (IE not in the start or end of turn sequences) unless specifically forbidden. So this is RAW. They are indeed better than triggered interrupt type actions because of the lack of limits on how often they can be used. In other words a demon with say 2/encounter variable resistance could be hit with an incoming fire damage attack and apply its resistance to that attack. Later in the same round (even the same turn) it could be hit with cold damage and choose to switch its resistance to cold and resist that attack as well (but it now loses the fire resistance). Note also with variable resistance that it cannot be used to resist a damage type the monster is vulnerable to. This could be used strategically by players, especially with cold damage which is pretty easy to make monsters vulnerable to. [/QUOTE]

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