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<blockquote data-quote="Tirlanolir" data-source="post: 2646056" data-attributes="member: 23617"><p>Thanks for your responses.&nbsp; I'm not sure that the &quot;swift action&quot; analysis is the way to go, since it is a relatively new concept and spoken about in terms of psionics.&nbsp; Using the core rules, it is a free action.&nbsp; If a free action, why can't the mage get off the spell before the readied action is resolved?&nbsp; Is it the case that readying an action lowers your initiative to one slot before the action it was readied for?&nbsp; If that's the case, I can see why the readied action would be resolved first.&nbsp; But if it's the case that readying an action lowers your initiative to the same as the person who's action for which you were readied, I can see the readied action starting, but not being resolved before the free action is completed.&nbsp; A readied action is still a standard action.&nbsp; Whereas, a free action takes less time than a standard action.&nbsp; Swinging a blade takes more time than a mage saying, &quot;fugit&quot; for example.&nbsp; For that matter, letting an arrow loose and having it fly to its target takes more time as well.&nbsp; Warrior swings blade, mage says &quot;fugit,&quot; blade connects with thin air.....</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Tirlanolir, post: 2646056, member: 23617"] Thanks for your responses. I'm not sure that the "swift action" analysis is the way to go, since it is a relatively new concept and spoken about in terms of psionics. Using the core rules, it is a free action. If a free action, why can't the mage get off the spell before the readied action is resolved? Is it the case that readying an action lowers your initiative to one slot before the action it was readied for? If that's the case, I can see why the readied action would be resolved first. But if it's the case that readying an action lowers your initiative to the same as the person who's action for which you were readied, I can see the readied action starting, but not being resolved before the free action is completed. A readied action is still a standard action. Whereas, a free action takes less time than a standard action. Swinging a blade takes more time than a mage saying, "fugit" for example. For that matter, letting an arrow loose and having it fly to its target takes more time as well. Warrior swings blade, mage says "fugit," blade connects with thin air..... [/QUOTE]

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