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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 628463" data-attributes="member: 1656">Let's say someone with a 30' move and darkvision is in a dark corridor.  They declare a double move up the corridor.20' up the corridor, though, the DM tells them that they see their friend lying wounded on the floor at the edge of their darkvision, 60' away.  Now, that's 80 feet from their starting point - too far away to reach them with a double move.  But it's well within the distance of a Run - 120 feet! - from their starting point."And I could have Run to get here," the player points out, "so why don't we say that my turn for the round is a Run?"------A wizard goes to cast a spell.  Unfortunately, this triggers his opponent's Readed action - the fighter executes a partial charge and smacks the wizard for 10 points of damage."Make a Concentration check," the DM tells the wizard."No, I changed my mind - I'm not going to cast the spell now," the wizard says.  "I'm going to 5' step and then cast the spell.  His Readied action triggered before I did anything, so I can change my mind.  And since I'm moving before I cast, his attack didn't interrupt my spell."------IMO, allowing people to change their actions based on Readied actions can cause just as much trouble...-Hyp.</blockquote>