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<blockquote data-quote="Sadrik" data-source="post: 4953968" data-attributes="member: 14506">I don't think you understand the rules completely. It says you can interrupt a creature by attacking it before it attacks you, but to do so it has to move. There is nothing in there about moving adjacent to you. (In fact by strict interpretation these rules will not allow an interrupting attack unless you have reach and the monster is one square away from you.)When you announce your trigger you have to say, &quot;When this goblin moves I attack it&quot; but what you really are trying to do is attack it before it attacks. It will not work if they do not move. If it pulls a bow and and attacks and does not move you lose out on your action because it did not move. Even though you are trying to attack it before you or one of your allies gets attacked by it. So can you say nebulously, &quot;If it attacks or moves I attack it&quot;? Would it triggers one of the two possible outcomes in the readied action bullet points? Do you have to say I attack it with a specific power or can you say I attack and then use a power at that point? If they move do they get attacked when about to move out of the square but are still in the square or do they move one square and then get attacked by you. In the former case you could not use the action to ready it and wait for them to move into the square unless you had reach or a ranged attack. Can you call for a certain square of movement or does it have to be the first square they move out of and furthermore would this fall under immediate reaction or Interrupting an enemy bullet point?Bangs head.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sadrik, post: 4953968, member: 14506"] I don't think you understand the rules completely. It says you can interrupt a creature by attacking it before it attacks you, but to do so it has to move. There is nothing in there about moving adjacent to you. (In fact by strict interpretation these rules will not allow an interrupting attack unless you have reach and the monster is one square away from you.) When you announce your trigger you have to say, "When this goblin moves I attack it" but what you really are trying to do is attack it before it attacks. It will not work if they do not move. If it pulls a bow and and attacks and does not move you lose out on your action because it did not move. Even though you are trying to attack it before you or one of your allies gets attacked by it. So can you say nebulously, "If it attacks or moves I attack it"? Would it triggers one of the two possible outcomes in the readied action bullet points? Do you have to say I attack it with a specific power or can you say I attack and then use a power at that point? If they move do they get attacked when about to move out of the square but are still in the square or do they move one square and then get attacked by you. In the former case you could not use the action to ready it and wait for them to move into the square unless you had reach or a ranged attack. Can you call for a certain square of movement or does it have to be the first square they move out of and furthermore would this fall under immediate reaction or Interrupting an enemy bullet point? Bangs head. [/QUOTE]

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