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<blockquote data-quote="William_2" data-source="post: 2081016" data-attributes="member: 13925">“Your ruling screws the charger every time”.&nbsp;&nbsp; Well,&nbsp; keep in mind that this is a scenario where the charger LOST initiative, and the charged has readied an action rather than simply attack first.&nbsp; So, the question might be: “Is there any reason the readying combatant should not go first if the targeted foe moves to the space specified in the ready action?” Those SRD posts highlight exactly what confuses me- you ready an action...but setting refers to readying the weapon, not the attack.&nbsp; I don’t know quite how to sort them out, and was hoping that somewhere in the rules there was another reference besides these ones- but it looks like there may not be.I think that if readying a weapon vs. a charge can be negated if the opponent instead just walks over, then there may be almost no utility for setting, and the character should simply ready a standard attack.&nbsp; I don’t think whether an opponent charges or not should in any way negate that type of readied action, which I think is amply specific.&nbsp; However, it is open to argument...Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="William_2, post: 2081016, member: 13925"] “Your ruling screws the charger every time”. Well, keep in mind that this is a scenario where the charger LOST initiative, and the charged has readied an action rather than simply attack first. So, the question might be: “Is there any reason the readying combatant should not go first if the targeted foe moves to the space specified in the ready action?” Those SRD posts highlight exactly what confuses me- you ready an action...but setting refers to readying the weapon, not the attack. I don’t know quite how to sort them out, and was hoping that somewhere in the rules there was another reference besides these ones- but it looks like there may not be. I think that if readying a weapon vs. a charge can be negated if the opponent instead just walks over, then there may be almost no utility for setting, and the character should simply ready a standard attack. I don’t think whether an opponent charges or not should in any way negate that type of readied action, which I think is amply specific. However, it is open to argument... Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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