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<blockquote data-quote="SableWyvern" data-source="post: 4532964" data-attributes="member: 1008">Could well be. I'm currently reading the books for the first serious time ever. In any event, they certainly couldn't change their action to something else. If cancelling a monster action is allowed, it would defeinitely mean giving up their actions for the entire round.Edit to add: I'd generally be inclined to charge any monsters that had intended to do so. I'd be most inclined to cancel a charge in a situation where the PCs were hoping to parley, and seeing weapons set against them might be enough to convince them to give it a try. Which, now that I think of it, is a situation where the DM is definitely expected to alter monster actions from their declaration -- if a monster that has declared an aggressive action has to follow through, success parleying becomes nearly impossible when you don't have surprise.Further edit: Although, I suppose you could consider a successful parley to be a PC action that cancels a monster's planned action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SableWyvern, post: 4532964, member: 1008"] Could well be. I'm currently reading the books for the first serious time ever. In any event, they certainly couldn't change their action to something else. If cancelling a monster action is allowed, it would defeinitely mean giving up their actions for the entire round. Edit to add: I'd generally be inclined to charge any monsters that had intended to do so. I'd be most inclined to cancel a charge in a situation where the PCs were hoping to parley, and seeing weapons set against them might be enough to convince them to give it a try. Which, now that I think of it, is a situation where the DM is definitely expected to alter monster actions from their declaration -- if a monster that has declared an aggressive action has to follow through, success parleying becomes nearly impossible when you don't have surprise. Further edit: Although, I suppose you could consider a successful parley to be a PC action that cancels a monster's planned action. [/QUOTE]

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