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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8583320" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Ok, this debate about readied actions is a real corner case.&nbsp; At first I was thinking, ok, yeah if a PC is prone, and they want to ready an action and then roll out of the way of an attack (as opposed to crawling), I'd be like sure....But then it hit me.&nbsp; How on earth would a character know to ready this sort of action?&nbsp; That would be like &quot;I ready on the off chance the enemy caster uses fireball&quot;.&nbsp; You don't know his spell list.&nbsp; So the only way this would be remotely feasible is if the guy already hit you with a fireball, I guess?&nbsp; It seems like a ludicrous example.&nbsp; But hey, fine, let's say your actual trigger is &quot;if the enemy disappears&quot; which satisfies the &quot;perceivable circumstance&quot; trigger.Walk is not the only way to &quot;move your speed&quot; in the game.&nbsp; Not only could you use a different type of speed, such as flight, there are other effects that move you- for example, Maneuvering Attack, which allows an ally to spend their reaction to move half their speed.Just because we use &quot;walking speed&quot; to describe speed, does not necessarily mean that you are in fact, walking when you move your speed.&nbsp; For another example:The Volo's Guide Orcs can move up to their speed as a bonus action to move towards an enemy.&nbsp; If we take any instance of &quot;move your speed&quot; as &quot;the opponent walks&quot;, and you watch an Orc move 30' and then move ANOTHER 30' as a bonus action- are we going to describe that as a 'casual stroll'?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8583320, member: 6877472"] Ok, this debate about readied actions is a real corner case. At first I was thinking, ok, yeah if a PC is prone, and they want to ready an action and then roll out of the way of an attack (as opposed to crawling), I'd be like sure.... But then it hit me. How on earth would a character know to ready this sort of action? That would be like "I ready on the off chance the enemy caster uses fireball". You don't know his spell list. So the only way this would be remotely feasible is if the guy already hit you with a fireball, I guess? It seems like a ludicrous example. But hey, fine, let's say your actual trigger is "if the enemy disappears" which satisfies the "perceivable circumstance" trigger. Walk is not the only way to "move your speed" in the game. Not only could you use a different type of speed, such as flight, there are other effects that move you- for example, Maneuvering Attack, which allows an ally to spend their reaction to move half their speed. Just because we use "walking speed" to describe speed, does not necessarily mean that you are in fact, walking when you move your speed. For another example: The Volo's Guide Orcs can move up to their speed as a bonus action to move towards an enemy. If we take any instance of "move your speed" as "the opponent walks", and you watch an Orc move 30' and then move ANOTHER 30' as a bonus action- are we going to describe that as a 'casual stroll'? [/QUOTE]

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