Immediate Actions

[Retreater]

Okay, so I read that you're limited to one Immediate Action per round (that is, until your character is able to act again in the Initiative order). This Immediate Action does not count Opportunity Attacks.

What about the following example:

Fledgling White Dragon (from Monster Vault) is flanked by a rogue and is hit. The dragon gets to use its tail slap as an immediate reaction. On the following player's turn, the fighter who is flanking it hits the dragon, but the dragon cannot take a tail slap against him (having just used its immediate reaction against the rogue). [Correct?]

Then on the following player's turn, the sorcerer hits the dragon with a Chaos Bolt and does enough damage to drop the dragon into bloodied hit points. The dragon can immediately use its Bloodied Breath (a free action but not listed as an "immediate reaction"). [Correct?]

Then when the dragon's turn comes up after the sorcerer, it can again use its tail slap power against anyone who flanks it. But just one time until his next turn. [Correct?]

This is a little confusing to me. Just want to make sure I have it right.

Retreater

 

[abyssaldeath]

Fledgling White Dragon (from Monster Vault) is flanked by a rogue and is hit. The dragon gets to use its tail slap as an immediate reaction. On the following player's turn, the fighter who is flanking it hits the dragon, but the dragon cannot take a tail slap against him (having just used its immediate reaction against the rogue). [Correct?]

Correct.

Then on the following player's turn, the sorcerer hits the dragon with a Chaos Bolt and does enough damage to drop the dragon into bloodied hit points. The dragon can immediately use its Bloodied Breath (a free action but not listed as an "immediate reaction"). [Correct?]

Correct.

Then when the dragon's turn comes up after the sorcerer, it can again use its tail slap power against anyone who flanks it. But just one time until his next turn. [Correct?]

Correct

You got all three.

 

[the Jester]

You got it!

Immediate actions are a type of action; so are free actions and opportunity actions. Each is different.

Immediate actions- you get one per round, and never on your own turn.

Opportunity actions- you get one per creature's turn, but never on your own turn.

Free actions- as many as you want, whenever you want (as long as the triggering conditions have been met).

 

[Riastlin]

Free actions- as many as you want, whenever you want (as long as the triggering conditions have been met).

Keep in mind though that the DM is free to limit the number of free actions at a time. A short spoken statement for instance, is a free action, and there's no limit to the number of free actions you can take on your turn. But if you attempted to recite the entire U.S. Tax Code on your turn in a series of short spoken statements, your DM would be well within his right to say no.

But as others have said, you did accurately analyze the situation.

 

[moxcamel]

Keep in mind though that the DM is free to limit the number of free actions at a time. A short spoken statement for instance, is a free action, and there's no limit to the number of free actions you can take on your turn. But if you attempted to recite the entire U.S. Tax Code on your turn in a series of short spoken statements, your DM would be well within his right to say no.

But as others have said, you did accurately analyze the situation.

Ah yeah, why do the tax accountant players have to ruin it for everyone?

 

[Ryujin]

... with the additional limitation of only being able to use a free action ATTACK once per turn.

 

[Squire James]

Keep in mind though that the DM is free to limit the number of free actions at a time. A short spoken statement for instance, is a free action, and there's no limit to the number of free actions you can take on your turn. But if you attempted to recite the entire U.S. Tax Code on your turn in a series of short spoken statements, your DM would be well within his right to say no.

But as others have said, you did accurately analyze the situation.

I suppose reading the U.S. (or probably any country's) tax code could be considered a re-skinning of the Sleep spell, though!

 

[Aulirophile]

... with the additional limitation of only being able to use a free action ATTACK once per turn.

Free Action Attack Power. The distinction is incredibly important.

 

[Ryujin]

Free Action Attack Power. The distinction is incredibly important.

Yes and no. Another character can trigger the ability for you to use a basic attack, but even a basic attack is a 'power.' At least so, according to specific wording in The Compendium. While it isn't necessarily the final word in this case the wording is very unambiguous, so I would tend to go by it.

 

[Aulirophile]

Yes and no. Another character can trigger the ability for you to use a basic attack, but even a basic attack is a 'power.' At least so, according to specific wording in The Compendium. While it isn't necessarily the final word in this case the wording is very unambiguous, so I would tend to go by it.

And if your Free Action Attack Power happens to be an MBA or RBA or etc, then you will see no difference. In the dozens of corner cases that use Free Action Powers that are not Attack Powers to generate No Action Attacks, or Free Action Utility Powers granting Attacks (but not Attack Powers), or the odd case of someone using a multiple Free Actions that are not Attack Powers to grant you a No Action Attack, it matters.

Since all of those exist in 4e (some of them in abundance), the distinction is important.