Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Calico_Jack73" data-source="post: 3871489" data-attributes="member: 14403">Yeah but if you are readying an action to move out of the way of an arrow then you are effectively giving up your action to prepare a readied defensive action.&nbsp; Kinda like the parry rules of &quot;Skull &amp; Bones&quot;.&nbsp; It doesn't make sense to sacrifice an attack to parry when you only have one attack because you'll always be on the defense and never get to attack.&nbsp; Since you only ever have one move action if you always ready a move action to defend against a ranged attacker you'll never actually get your own attacks in (unless you too are equiped with a ranged weapon but if you step behind total cover you can't attack either).&nbsp; The battle will be going on around you and your character won't be contributing at all.Just to clarify though... Readying to move behind cover is the ONLY action that I'd allow.&nbsp; Saying that an archer is shooting at a square and then moving to another square is NOT something I'd allow.&nbsp; Same thing with the Fireball... The defender could move behind cover by interrupting the Mage but if at the end of the defender's turn they are still in the open they then get the effect of the Fireball.&nbsp; Basically I'd allow them to move/take action prior to the attack roll being made or the saving throw being required.&nbsp; If they are still a vaild target then they get the whammy.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Calico_Jack73, post: 3871489, member: 14403"] Yeah but if you are readying an action to move out of the way of an arrow then you are effectively [B]giving up your action to prepare a readied defensive action[/B]. Kinda like the parry rules of "Skull & Bones". It doesn't make sense to sacrifice an attack to parry when you only have one attack because you'll always be on the defense and never get to attack. Since you only ever have one move action if you always ready a move action to defend against a ranged attacker you'll never actually get your own attacks in (unless you too are equiped with a ranged weapon but if you step behind total cover you can't attack either). The battle will be going on around you and your character won't be contributing at all. Just to clarify though... Readying to move behind cover is the ONLY action that I'd allow. Saying that an archer is shooting at a square and then moving to another square is NOT something I'd allow. Same thing with the Fireball... The defender could move behind cover by interrupting the Mage but if at the end of the defender's turn they are still in the open they then get the effect of the Fireball. Basically I'd allow them to move/take action prior to the attack roll being made or the saving throw being required. If they are still a vaild target then they get the whammy. :) [/QUOTE]

Verification