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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 6411184" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya.  Ok. Well, even though I don't really see it yet, if I had to have a game term for this I guess I'd keep calling it Delay. I'd say that when Initiative is determined, you can act from your Initiative on down. If you choose to Delay (re: wait), and then act later in the round, your Initiative sets to that initiative number. It would be equal to the initiative in which you chose to act.Example: PC1 has an Initiative of 14. He is at the back of the room when the other PC's rush in to engage a group of goblins. PC1 doesn't want to cast a spell yet because he's running a bit low. So the DM moves down to Initiative 13, then 12, 11, 10. At those numbers other PC's who ran in to fight do their attacks and whatnot. Initiative 9 comes up, and the goblins go. Then, the DM says that a secret door opens up and it looks like something large is coming through. PC1 says "I don't know what it is, but I don't want it in here. I'll try and cast a Web spell at the secret door". The DM picks up a d8 (because there are only 8 "initiative counts" left in the round, and gets a 4. PC1's spell goes off as the ogre gets the door half-way open. The new Initiative score for PC1 is 4.  There. You can now "use Delay" to act later in the round, but at a cost of resetting your initiative to a lower value, without having to "ready" an action you don't know you may need.^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>