Priority of Immediate Reactions?

[Hypersmurf]

Why not by initiative check? (i.e. roll a one-time initiative check for exactly this purpose).

To me, Delay and Ready effectively serve to let you select your initiative count... and so when two of you trigger Ready actions at the same time, you're going on the same initiative count, and there are rules for breaking a tie in initiative.

-Hyp.

 

[eamon]

To me, Delay and Ready effectively serve to let you select your initiative count... and so when two of you trigger Ready actions at the same time, you're going on the same initiative count, and there are rules for breaking a tie in initiative.

Well, those are rules for breaking ties in initiative rolls which determine the order; but generally you can't rely on this tie-breaking, since you can't predict its occurrence - a delay or ready action would seem to be quite something different in that sense, where quick reactions are once again necessary, and where once again a bit of luck can play a significant roll ;-). Not that it'll make much difference to a game, for sure.

 

[Regicide]

There is no "tie" the goblin is reacting while the fighter is making a choice on when to attack. Don't penalize the fighter for not stating his wish in an airtight manner, he could have said "attack whenever the goblin is about to do something or after something is done to the goblin" or whatever.

 

[Hypersmurf]

There is no "tie" the goblin is reacting while the fighter is making a choice on when to attack.

He's making his choice by taking the Ready action... which grants an immediate reaction. Both the goblin and the fighter are reacting.

Don't penalize the fighter for not stating his wish in an airtight manner, he could have said "attack whenever the goblin is about to do something or after something is done to the goblin" or whatever.

If he acts "after something is done to the goblin", he acts at the same time as the goblin, who is acting "after something is done to the goblin".

He can't phrase a Ready action as "when the goblin is about to...", because the Ready action grants a Reaction, not an Interrupt.

-Hyp.

 

[Rafe]

Personally, I'd say the Fighter goes first. Why? He's watching for the opening. As soon as the Rogue attacks, the Fighter does so, also - he's not waiting for the Rogue's attack to be resolved. He's waiting for the action of the attack. The goblin is reacting to the miss, which happens after the Rogue's attack is resolved. In real-time, so to speak, it seems clear to me who acts: the Fighter.

Again, as others have said, this comes down to a ruling. There's no rule for it. Go with what works for the game and group.