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<blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 6792630" data-attributes="member: 11146">Now I'm double glad I posted my comment about readied action and Reaction.&nbsp; I've re-read PHB 193, and it never occurred to me to read it the way you have!&nbsp; I'd been thinking that you got your regular Action, then declared a readied action that would occur (if the trigger occurred at all) on your Reaction.&nbsp; If we put my thinking into play, you'd get both your Action and the Reaction, and the Reaction would pretty much be a second action in one round.&nbsp; There's no disincentive to do that, because the most you're out is your Reaction, while you simultaneously potentially gain two Actions every round (plus a Bonus Action for some of you!).Your thinking makes more sense.&nbsp; You're saying that you use your Action to declare a readied action, and if the trigger occurs then you take your readied action on your Reaction.&nbsp; That's costly to the character--you get an action, but at the cost of both your Action and Reaction.&nbsp; Stated another way, you can ready, but it costs you something to do it.&nbsp; And even if you ready an action, you still only get one Action per round.&nbsp; Honestly, I like that better.&nbsp; It's less amenable to breaking and being warped into something overpowered.&nbsp; Thanks for the clarification.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CanadienneBacon, post: 6792630, member: 11146"] Now I'm double glad I posted my comment about readied action and Reaction. I've re-read PHB 193, and it never occurred to me to read it the way you have! I'd been thinking that you got your regular Action, then declared a readied action that would occur (if the trigger occurred at all) on your Reaction. If we put my thinking into play, you'd get both your Action and the Reaction, and the Reaction would pretty much be a second action in one round. There's no disincentive to do that, because the most you're out is your Reaction, while you simultaneously potentially gain two Actions every round (plus a Bonus Action for some of you!). Your thinking makes more sense. You're saying that you use your Action to declare a readied action, and if the trigger occurs then you take your readied action on your Reaction. That's costly to the character--you get an action, but at the cost of both your Action and Reaction. Stated another way, you can ready, but it costs you something to do it. And even if you ready an action, you still only get one Action per round. Honestly, I like that better. It's less amenable to breaking and being warped into something overpowered. Thanks for the clarification. [/QUOTE]

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