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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 1578968" data-attributes="member: 1465">There are my own opinions, with which I agree:As a rule of thumb, let the observer know which is the action readied (an attack with the bow, the casting of a spell, the drawing of a weapon...) but not which is the trigger.You may vary this information depending on how you think the readying character would look like: an archer could be aiming and keeping the bow stretched (or however it says...), a caster concentrating and waving his hand in the air, a cleric touching his symbol. I think you can, depending on the circumstances, give more or less clue about the readied action, to have some variability.A spell such as Detect Thoughts may tell you also the trigger that the readying character is having in mind.I would not allow Spellcraft in any case until the character has effectively started casting. Once he lets the spell go, you can identify it for counter or dispel. Incidentally, if he is readying to counterspell, not even HE knows which spell he is going to cast yet.More complicated. I would say that you'll know that the caster is readying a "cast a spell" action, but you may not know if he is readying a counterspell or a normal spell. This may be my personal interpretation, but I don't think "counterspell" is a different action.I really don't know how a spear should be positioned against a charge, if it would look different than for example readying to strike as soon as the opponent comes within reach. Probably a rules lawyer would say that if you want to get the double damage you must specifically ready it "against a charge" in advance.</blockquote>

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