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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 5530444" data-attributes="member: 32740">Navy SEALs get cold-cocked too.&nbsp;Except that:&quot;The Ready action lets you prepare to take an action later, after your turn is over but before your next one has begun.&nbsp; Readying is a standard action.&quot; - PH p.160By the definition given you cannot &quot;Ready&quot; an action outside of actual combat - you have to have had at least one turn because you ready actions AFTER your turn is over, and being a standard action even if you assume that you're Readying on your first turn in open defiance of what it says then you're sacrificing the ability to ATTACK on your first turn by readying to attack on your SECOND turn, yes?&nbsp;Trust me, you don't want to go there.&nbsp; Readying outside of combat is just asking for all kinds of headaches.&nbsp;This is, however, also not the situation under discussion (or at least not the one I've been addressing).&nbsp; When two groups encounter each other and there is a general rush to attack - roll intiative and apply all modifiers.&nbsp; However, when everyone does nothing then you have to think a little deeper to determine what the procedure should be because the RAW just doesn't detail such eventualities.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 5530444, member: 32740"] Navy SEALs get cold-cocked too. Except that: "The Ready action lets you prepare to take an action later, [I]after your turn is over[/I] but before your next one has begun. Readying is a standard action." - PH p.160 By the definition given you cannot "Ready" an action outside of actual combat - you have to have had at least one turn because you ready actions AFTER your turn is over, and being a standard action even if you assume that you're [I]Readying[/I] on your first turn in open defiance of what it says then you're sacrificing the ability to ATTACK on your first turn by readying to attack on your SECOND turn, yes? Trust me, you don't want to go there. Readying [I]outside[/I] of combat is just asking for all kinds of headaches. This is, however, also not the situation under discussion (or at least not the one I've been addressing). When two groups encounter each other and there is a general rush to attack - roll intiative and apply all modifiers. However, when everyone does nothing then you have to think a little deeper to determine what the procedure should be because the RAW just doesn't detail such eventualities. [/QUOTE]

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