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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 299186" data-attributes="member: 259">I'll second that <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />.At any rate, I think you may be confusing the speed of light with the duration of lightning.&nbsp; From the thunderstorms I've been in, there's time to take a short action during the flash of the lightning.&nbsp; Some flashes go on and on, too -- the six-second flashes I talked about above.Partly, I guess I'm imagining it as a scene in a movie.&nbsp; Pitch dark, rain everywhere, the sound of heavy breathing and of footsteps -- and then a flash of light, and the hero swings his sword wildly at the minotaur behind him -- and then it's dark again suddenly.That's the scene that I'd use a readied action to describe.&nbsp; And I think as a DM, a readied action would allow me to inject more excitement and tension into the scene.&nbsp; There'd be a feeling of tension and paranoia building up, and then a sudden release of tension, and then the cycle repeats.With a delayed action, you'd be acting in the darkness, and it wouldn't be nearly as exciting.&nbsp; Besides, the rules don't cover the amount of concealment you get for being in totally dark conditions but just a second ago it was really light. <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=":)" />Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 299186, member: 259"] I'll second that :D. At any rate, I think you may be confusing the speed of light with the duration of lightning. From the thunderstorms I've been in, there's time to take a short action during the flash of the lightning. Some flashes go on and on, too -- the six-second flashes I talked about above. Partly, I guess I'm imagining it as a scene in a movie. Pitch dark, rain everywhere, the sound of heavy breathing and of footsteps -- and then a flash of light, and the hero swings his sword wildly at the minotaur behind him -- and then it's dark again suddenly. That's the scene that I'd use a readied action to describe. And I think as a DM, a readied action would allow me to inject more excitement and tension into the scene. There'd be a feeling of tension and paranoia building up, and then a sudden release of tension, and then the cycle repeats. With a delayed action, you'd be acting in the darkness, and it wouldn't be nearly as exciting. Besides, the rules don't cover the amount of concealment you get for being in totally dark conditions but just a second ago it was really light. :) Daniel [/QUOTE]

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