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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 6907180" data-attributes="member: 23751">I think the word you mean to use was partially.&nbsp; I had forgotten the nonsensical spell exception.This is just plain false, except for spells which are explicitly called out as different.&nbsp; If you want to play a game where when a fighter declares that he is ready to attack anything that opens the door the following happens, fine.Fighter: I ready an action to attack anything that opens the door.DM: Okay.&nbsp; You move 30 feet and start your swing, then freeze in time waiting to see if something opens the door.&nbsp; The round ends and nothing opens the door, so you move backwards in time and space and are now 30 feet back to where you started.That's what it means for non-spell actions to have done everything needed to execute the action except pull the trigger.&nbsp; It's absurd.&nbsp; No.&nbsp; If you declare a non-spell action you just say your intent and the action plays out in its entirety if the trigger happens.&nbsp; The read action language and examples support that with the exception of spells which arbitrarily work differently.There's no good reason I can see for spells to work differently than other readied actions.&nbsp; I really don't know why they decided to differentiate them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 6907180, member: 23751"] I think the word you mean to use was partially. I had forgotten the nonsensical spell exception. This is just plain false, except for spells which are explicitly called out as different. If you want to play a game where when a fighter declares that he is ready to attack anything that opens the door the following happens, fine. Fighter: I ready an action to attack anything that opens the door. DM: Okay. You move 30 feet and start your swing, then freeze in time waiting to see if something opens the door. The round ends and nothing opens the door, so you move backwards in time and space and are now 30 feet back to where you started. That's what it means for non-spell actions to have done everything needed to execute the action except pull the trigger. It's absurd. No. If you declare a non-spell action you just say your intent and the action plays out in its entirety if the trigger happens. The read action language and examples support that with the exception of spells which arbitrarily work differently. There's no good reason I can see for spells to work differently than other readied actions. I really don't know why they decided to differentiate them. [/QUOTE]

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