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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3877008" data-attributes="member: 1656">You can only trigger a ready action off something you can perceive.I can't tell someone &quot;Think of a number&quot; and ready an action to attack them if the number they think of is 7.So while you can trigger a ready action off &quot;He casts Fireball&quot; - which you can determine with a spellcraft check before the action is complete - you can't trigger a ready action off a specific point of origin, because by the time the point of origin is determined, the spell has already come into effect.&nbsp; It's too late.It's not a simultaneity issue - it's a go-back-in-time issue, just like triggering a ready action off being struck for 10 points of damage.&nbsp; By the time you know the hit dealt 10 points of damage... you've taken 10 points of damage, and triggering your ready action to occur before that requires time travel.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 3877008, member: 1656"] You can only trigger a ready action off something you can perceive. I can't tell someone "Think of a number" and ready an action to attack them if the number they think of is 7. So while you can trigger a ready action off "He casts Fireball" - which you can determine with a spellcraft check before the action is complete - you can't trigger a ready action off a specific point of origin, because by the time the point of origin is determined, the spell has already come into effect. It's too late. It's not a simultaneity issue - it's a go-back-in-time issue, just like triggering a ready action off being struck for 10 points of damage. By the time you know the hit dealt 10 points of damage... you've taken 10 points of damage, and triggering your ready action to occur before that requires time travel. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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