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<blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 3685859" data-attributes="member: 16285">True, as was I.It is technically a type of standard action. Which was my point.An attack is a type of standard action, like movement is a type of move action.In order to get more attacks in a round (based on a high BAB, two weapons or other method) you must use the full attack action (a type of full round action). But we know that already and that is why you don't get multiple standard actions a round (based on a high BAB) but only &quot;attacks&quot;.The question I was addressing was about using multiple supernatural actions (as if they were attacks) and referring to them as &quot;attack actions&quot;, which mucks up the difference.A supernatural ability (unless stated specifically otherwise) is not an attack action but a standard action.If we continue to call things attack actions (as if that was something other than a subset of a standard action) then it will continually lead to the confusion (and logic being used) by the post I was answering.If we recognize that when attack action is used it is not a separate type of action but rather a type of standard action then things become clearer and the rules make more sense. Reinforcing the confusion by not pointing out that there are certain categories of actions (e.g., move, standard, full round, free, non-action, swift and immediate) and certain kinds of sub types of those actions (attack, movement, full attack, charge, etc.) will only aid in the people understand what the rules are actually saying.So I appologize for not really making it clear what I was talking about earlier.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="irdeggman, post: 3685859, member: 16285"] True, as was I. It is [I]technically[/I] a type of standard action. Which was my point. An attack is a [I]type[/I] of standard action, like movement is a type of move action. In order to get more attacks in a round (based on a high BAB, two weapons or other method) you must use the full attack action (a type of full round action). But we know that already and that is why you don't get multiple standard actions a round (based on a high BAB) but only "attacks". The question I was addressing was about using multiple supernatural actions (as if they were attacks) and referring to them as "attack actions", which mucks up the difference. A supernatural ability (unless stated specifically otherwise) is not an attack action but a standard action. If we continue to call things attack actions (as if that was something other than a subset of a standard action) then it will continually lead to the confusion (and logic being used) by the post I was answering. If we recognize that when attack action is used it is not a separate type of action but rather a type of standard action then things become clearer and the rules make more sense. Reinforcing the confusion by not pointing out that there are certain categories of actions (e.g., move, standard, full round, free, non-action, swift and immediate) and certain kinds of sub types of those actions (attack, movement, full attack, charge, etc.) will only aid in the people understand what the rules are actually saying. So I appologize for not really making it clear what I was talking about earlier. [/QUOTE]

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