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<blockquote data-quote="IceBear" data-source="post: 136159" data-attributes="member: 1118">I understand your reasoning, but the rationale was that you end up with different outcomes depending on the order of things and we didn't like that.&nbsp; If Bob just finished attacking and then stepped around a corner, he can get nailed by a bunch of arrows from the readied archers. The next round he gets shot by more arrows from the same archers.&nbsp; If Bob moved first, then he would have gotten shot and then could have ducked back.&nbsp; Two different outcomes just because of the timing of the actions.I understand that this is an artifact of using rounds and I'm ok with things most of the time.&nbsp; In Daniel's example, Shelia doesn't get two rounds to mess with Bob.&nbsp; Remember, Shelia was busy doing something else with her Full Round Action and Bob's trigger was to shoot when he could see her.&nbsp; Basically, Shelia got an action and then Bob did, now back to Shelia.It's not a VERY BAD houserule.&nbsp; It's a houserule that would rarely come up, in my opinion (it would only be triggered if for some reason the readying character chose to ready on the target's position instead of action and the target used a Full Round Action before moving), and when it does it seems to flow better with how I imagine the combat being played out.&nbsp; Shelia had basically finished her turn (5 seconds of the 6 second round) and then she was attacked by Bob.&nbsp; Now Bob is supposed to be acting before her (as opposed to Bob doing something just before she did).IceBear</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IceBear, post: 136159, member: 1118"] I understand your reasoning, but the rationale was that you end up with different outcomes depending on the order of things and we didn't like that. If Bob just finished attacking and then stepped around a corner, he can get nailed by a bunch of arrows from the readied archers. The next round he gets shot by more arrows from the same archers. If Bob moved first, then he would have gotten shot and then could have ducked back. Two different outcomes just because of the timing of the actions. I understand that this is an artifact of using rounds and I'm ok with things most of the time. In Daniel's example, Shelia doesn't get two rounds to mess with Bob. Remember, Shelia was busy doing something else with her Full Round Action and Bob's trigger was to shoot when he could see her. Basically, Shelia got an action and then Bob did, now back to Shelia. It's not a VERY BAD houserule. It's a houserule that would rarely come up, in my opinion (it would only be triggered if for some reason the readying character chose to ready on the target's position instead of action and the target used a Full Round Action before moving), and when it does it seems to flow better with how I imagine the combat being played out. Shelia had basically finished her turn (5 seconds of the 6 second round) and then she was attacked by Bob. Now Bob is supposed to be acting before her (as opposed to Bob doing something just before she did). IceBear [/QUOTE]

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