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<blockquote data-quote="Twowolves" data-source="post: 3414942" data-attributes="member: 18093">Who is to say the illusionist isn't already in combat? Perhaps with the unconscious NPC, and the PCs busted down the door and have to roll initiative to join a combat in progress? Or that the DM considered initiative to have started and the party's first action was &quot;open the door&quot;? Yah, Cd'G is a full round action, but an unconscious NPC is potentially already at negative hp, and one good regular attack could finish him off. The point is, the DM has set up a hostage situation, and if I were that DM and some player started quoting me about readied actions and full-round coup de graces, I'd point out Rule Zero and kill the NPC, and have the PCs face whatever negative consequences that would bring up. And I sure as heck wouldn't put up with &quot;he beat me in initiative, killed the NPC, but I disintegrated him immediately afterwards, so my conscious is clear&quot; business, unless the PC is Chaotic Selfish, much less any of the Lawful or Good alignments.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Twowolves, post: 3414942, member: 18093"] Who is to say the illusionist isn't already in combat? Perhaps with the unconscious NPC, and the PCs busted down the door and have to roll initiative to join a combat in progress? Or that the DM considered initiative to have started and the party's first action was "open the door"? Yah, Cd'G is a full round action, but an unconscious NPC is potentially already at negative hp, and one good regular attack could finish him off. The point is, the DM has set up a hostage situation, and if I were that DM and some player started quoting me about readied actions and full-round coup de graces, I'd point out Rule Zero and kill the NPC, and have the PCs face whatever negative consequences that would bring up. And I sure as heck wouldn't put up with "he beat me in initiative, killed the NPC, but I disintegrated him immediately afterwards, so my conscious is clear" business, unless the PC is Chaotic Selfish, much less any of the Lawful or Good alignments. [/QUOTE]

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