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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 4953924" data-attributes="member: 71571">Well, a readied action is by it's nature a nebulous beast.  A trigger could be just about anything you can observe and react to.So... let's break it down.Step 1:You spend a standard action to ready your action.Step 2:Until your next turn, you have an immediate reaction with the trigger you set.  Which means it occurs -after- their action.  When it is triggered, if you choose to take it (like any immediate reaction you can save it for another trigger), you then take the specified action you've readied.That's it.Now, what it goes on to explain is that -because- a readied action is an immediate reaction you cannot -technically- beat someone to the punch before they attack.However, you -can- set a trigger 'When an Enemy moves Adjacent to me' and then when they move into that square, you can decide to use that action or not.  Bear in mind, you do not -know- if they are attacking you, but you can make a reasonable guess.So basicly, what it is saying, is you cannot act -before- an attack, but you can act -after- the movement that brings them adjacent.</blockquote>