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<blockquote data-quote="Vegepygmy" data-source="post: 5207315" data-attributes="member: 40109">If that is so, then simultaneity is not a bar to performing any combination of actions in a turn, since it is well-established that you can &quot;simultaneously&quot; perform two (or more) mutually exclusive actions in a single round (e.g., move through a door and open it).&nbsp;But I don't think it is so. If I said I was going to attack with my sword, then move 20 feet and draw my sword as a free action (allowed because I have at least +1 BAB), would you allow it because all of my actions are &quot;simultaneous?&quot; Or would you point out to me that I can't attack with my sword until I first draw it, so if I want to draw it as a free action (as part of my regular move), I have to perform the move action before I attack?&nbsp;Does it matter? I can't think of any reason we would need to know that. All we need to know is whether the opponent is capable of making an attack of opportunity at that time. Exactly when that moment in time occurs is irrelevant, isn't it?&nbsp;In D&amp;D, the order of actions matters greatly; the &quot;timing&quot; of them does not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vegepygmy, post: 5207315, member: 40109"] If that is so, then simultaneity is not a bar to performing [I]any[/I] combination of actions in a turn, since it is well-established that you can "simultaneously" perform two (or more) mutually exclusive actions in a single round (e.g., move through a door [I]and[/I] open it). But I don't think it [I]is[/I] so. If I said I was going to attack with my sword, then move 20 feet and draw my sword as a free action (allowed because I have at least +1 BAB), would you allow it because all of my actions are "simultaneous?" Or would you point out to me that I can't attack with my sword until I first draw it, so if I want to draw it as a free action (as part of my regular move), I have to perform the move action [I]before[/I] I attack? Does it matter? I can't think of any reason we would need to know that. All we need to know is whether the opponent is capable of making an attack of opportunity at that time. Exactly [I]when[/I] that moment in time occurs is irrelevant, isn't it? In D&D, the [I]order[/I] of actions matters greatly; the "timing" of them does not. [/QUOTE]

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