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<blockquote data-quote="morikahn" data-source="post: 6910003" data-attributes="member: 6705615">The examples weren't meant to have a serious explanation behind them; I just chose them to demonstrate various options available or not available.You asked why would anyone do any of these things as they aren't efficient. And its true, they usually wouldn't be. They would generally come up in exceptional situations that were more plot related than combat oriented.<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why not just shoot the rogue instead of waiting for him to try to run? Maybe he is an important NPCs you hope will surrender.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why not just cast Magic Missile on the caster instead of waiting for him to cast a spell? Maybe the party is in a fight with bandits and you know there is a caster, but not which one.. so you are hoping he'll cast a spell to identify himself.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why wait to run through a door so you can't be targeted by a Lightning Bolt spell? Maybe you want to goad him into wasting the spell.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why not have the goblins scatter on their turn instead of waiting for the dragon to try to breathe fire on them? Maybe the goblins are attempting to draw the dragon's attention away from a more critical target.</li>
</ul>The point is these situations are generally exceptional; they don't come up too often, but when they DO its probably for a very important reason, either plot related or an attempt at a clever and dangerous tactic. So I wanted to know exactly what was legal and what wasn't so these climatic points in a battle are handled correctly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="morikahn, post: 6910003, member: 6705615"] The examples weren't meant to have a serious explanation behind them; I just chose them to demonstrate various options available or not available. You asked why would anyone do any of these things as they aren't efficient. And its true, they usually wouldn't be. They would generally come up in exceptional situations that were more plot related than combat oriented. [LIST] [*]Why not just shoot the rogue instead of waiting for him to try to run? Maybe he is an important NPCs you hope will surrender. [*]Why not just cast Magic Missile on the caster instead of waiting for him to cast a spell? Maybe the party is in a fight with bandits and you know there is a caster, but not which one.. so you are hoping he'll cast a spell to identify himself. [*]Why wait to run through a door so you can't be targeted by a Lightning Bolt spell? Maybe you want to goad him into wasting the spell. [*]Why not have the goblins scatter on their turn instead of waiting for the dragon to try to breathe fire on them? Maybe the goblins are attempting to draw the dragon's attention away from a more critical target. [/LIST] The point is these situations are generally exceptional; they don't come up too often, but when they [B]DO [/B]its probably for a very important reason, either plot related or an attempt at a clever and dangerous tactic. So I wanted to know exactly what was legal and what wasn't so these climatic points in a battle are handled correctly. [/QUOTE]

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