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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 2110647" data-attributes="member: 96">It's reasonable to 'be ready' - but that's what the surprise round is all about.  If you're expecting trouble, then your enemy won't get a surprise round on you - but they might still act before you can react - your attention wavered for a moment, or you misread them.  But if you allow someone to declare ready actions outside of combat, then the advantage always goes to the person who reacts, instead of the person who acts.There should be a chance that the assassin is able to (say) whip out his crossbow and shoot the king before anyone reacts, just as there should be a chance that the king's loyal bodyguard is able to jump in front of the monarch or cut down the assassin.  So the question is, how do you determine which of those possibilities occurs?J</blockquote>