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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 7035909" data-attributes="member: 6775477">There has been various arguments about this, but the question becomes &quot;can you Ready outside of combat?&quot; In general, I say no, since I want to roll Initiative and deal with Surprise rather than Ready Actions (also, many players want BOTH a Readied Action and Surprise, which is WAY too strong). I could see allowing some actions to be Readied, but it would be a case by case basis. Also, if you are surprised, you can't take Readied Actions anyway, since you can't take Reactions until after your first Turn (when the Readied Action would end).Oh, and yes &quot;Readied&quot; is a Reaction which in general does interrupt and happen before the trigger (such as moving out of reach triggering an Attack of Opportunity).If you allowed a Readied Action out of combat, then yes, the trigger hadn't happened yet (I assume &quot;I shoot the first enemy I see&quot;). &nbsp;No, it would be their rolled Perception against rolled Stealth. Passive is used when no action is being attempted. For example, when you attempt to hide you roll Stealth against Passive Perception, but if they attempt to find you as an Action, they roll against your Stealth roll.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 7035909, member: 6775477"] There has been various arguments about this, but the question becomes "can you Ready outside of combat?" In general, I say no, since I want to roll Initiative and deal with Surprise rather than Ready Actions (also, many players want BOTH a Readied Action and Surprise, which is WAY too strong). I could see allowing some actions to be Readied, but it would be a case by case basis. Also, if you are surprised, you can't take Readied Actions anyway, since you can't take Reactions until after your first Turn (when the Readied Action would end). Oh, and yes "Readied" is a Reaction which in general does interrupt and happen before the trigger (such as moving out of reach triggering an Attack of Opportunity). If you allowed a Readied Action out of combat, then yes, the trigger hadn't happened yet (I assume "I shoot the first enemy I see"). No, it would be their rolled Perception against rolled Stealth. Passive is used when no action is being attempted. For example, when you attempt to hide you roll Stealth against Passive Perception, but if they attempt to find you as an Action, they roll against your Stealth roll. [/QUOTE]

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