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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elethiomel" data-source="post: 3884677" data-attributes="member: 49897">Yes. Which is why the OP didn't post this in the Rules forum originally - someone moved it here. I am fairly certain that the OP knows what the rules say on the subject.As you say, though, this is not only a game - it's also an abstraction of reality. If your DM is not willing to bend rules or make up new rules on the spot for things to make sense, then you might as well be playing a computer game, because then that's all it is. A computer game executed on human hardware. I think it is more than that, and hence I think that regardless of how I know the rules work, I think it would be cinematically appropriate to be able to dodge fireballs in the situation the OP described. So that's how I would do it if I ran the game. If a player asked me, "Is there any way I can dodge those fireballs? The mage is many hundred feet distant, and I am the only target - can I dodge and weave to avoid it?" Then I would say, "Yes. You can ready an action to move when you see the mage sending the fireball bead toward you. Mind you, he might get wise to your tactic and then the second-guessing starts." I would do this even though I know that that is not what the rules say I can do.</blockquote>