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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6218869" data-attributes="member: 82106">A Free Action IS an action, thus you must be able to take actions in order to use one (IE not unconscious, dead, etc). &quot;No Action&quot; is something that literally doesn't require the user to do anything at all, thus even if you're unconscious you can utilize 'no action'. No action is generally only available for certain items that do things automatically on your behalf, or a very few powers or feats where there is a setup and then the effect happens later in response to something else.Another point being, a no action triggered power might happen without the character's choice. It 'just happens', you don't get to decide to use it or not (this may not always be true, there's going to be some DM judgment on these things). A Free Action always allows for and requires a choice by the character. Free Actions also happen only during the 'action portion' of turns, whereas a no action might potentially happen even in the start or end of turn sequence (IE when things like saves and conditions are processed).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 6218869, member: 82106"] A Free Action IS an action, thus you must be able to take actions in order to use one (IE not unconscious, dead, etc). "No Action" is something that literally doesn't require the user to do anything at all, thus even if you're unconscious you can utilize 'no action'. No action is generally only available for certain items that do things automatically on your behalf, or a very few powers or feats where there is a setup and then the effect happens later in response to something else. Another point being, a no action triggered power might happen without the character's choice. It 'just happens', you don't get to decide to use it or not (this may not always be true, there's going to be some DM judgment on these things). A Free Action always allows for and requires a choice by the character. Free Actions also happen only during the 'action portion' of turns, whereas a no action might potentially happen even in the start or end of turn sequence (IE when things like saves and conditions are processed). [/QUOTE]

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