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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cptg1481" data-source="post: 1103834" data-attributes="member: 5360">Question for you JesterWe had this arguement in my game recently and perhaps you can help me settle things.  I had a PC who wanted to delay...delay.....delay.....etc.  (3.0 rules BTW)I said that he eventually had to go in the round somewhere and that he could only delay until the last initiative count minus his initiative modifier and that when he did so his initiative would then remain at that number for the rest of the combat.  I also said that he needed to declare which count he intended to delay to that he couldn't just wait until he wanted to act.  I thought that that would take the place of readied and those types of combat actions.  He claimed that he could just delay indefinately even if the round ended then go first if he wanted in the next round.  I said he needed to refocuss to do that.  As GM I went with my decision but still wonder what the right answer is.  Also some light on how this would work within the 3.5 rules without refocuss?  In 3.5 can one delay until the next round and then go on that initiative for the rest of the fight.  This is very abusable if that is so.  I mean the cyclic nature of the game sort of insists that you go on some count in a round.  Allowing one to delay from say count 5 to last then dleay further to the begining of the next round seems somehow wrong.  Of course this has always screwed me up but hey, thus the question.  Thanks, I love the boards.</blockquote>

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