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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 128474" data-attributes="member: 2011">You are confusing continuous actions that in the game are constantly happening, and the mechanics.With the mechanics, the only time you can do an action outside of your turn are:1) AoO, in response to an opponent's action.2) Readied Action (but you cannot change your action).3) Feather Fall spell because that spell calls out that it is an exception to the rule (indirectly).The problem is that outside of your turn, you are generally not allowed to react to what your opponent is doing unless his action states that you are allowed to react. Even then, it may or may not be an action on your part.For example, if your opponent casts a spell within your reach, you can AoO him. If your opponent casts a spell defensively within your reach, you cannot AoO him.Well, why not?You should still be able to react to him casting the same according to your theory.Well, you cannot. You can only react if the book says you can. This includes free actions and quickened spells.Check out the definition of free action on page 278.“Free actions consume a negligible amount of time, and one or more such actions can be performed in conjunction with actions of other types.”You have yet to show a definition of free action that states that it can be performed outside the boundaries of another action.Well, it depends on your interpretation. Free action states:“You can perform one or more free actions while taking another action normally.”This can be interpreted several ways (the English language being so crystal clear):You can perform one or more free actions while taking another normal action. Here, the normally refers to the action. This interpretation prevents you from taking free actions during an AoO.You can normally perform one or more free actions while taking another action. Here, the normally refers to perform. This interpretation allows you to take free actions during an AoO.So, it all depends on how you interpret the free action sentence.</blockquote>

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