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<blockquote data-quote="jaer" data-source="post: 4250869" data-attributes="member: 57861"><p>It's a matter of defining "action" I suppose.</p><p></p><p>Action = one of the three, Move, Standard, or Minor</p><p>action = some sort of movement, act, or event which could be part of a larger Action.</p><p></p><p>The action that triggers the reaction is the moving into the adjacent square, which is a part of the larger Action. Thus the kobold reacts to the action, not the Move Action.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I disagree that the kobold is interrupting rather than reaction.</p><p></p><p>If the Kobold were interrupting the action, that would mean he could BEFORE the PC moved into the square. If it was an interrupt, as soon as the PC tried to enter the square, the kobold could shift...which would allow the kobold to move into the square himself because the PC isn't there yet.</p><p></p><p>Since it is a reaction to the "move into adjacent square" trigger, the Kobold has to wait until that action is complete before he reacts to it.</p><p></p><p>The kobold is <em>interrupting</em> the player's Move Action, but he is still only <em>reacting</em> to the triggering action, the action of the player moving into the adjacent sqaure.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't see this is a flub at all. There is to me a difference between saying "reacting to the action that provoked the trigger" and "reacting to the Move Action or Standard Action that provoked the trigger."</p><p></p><p>In this case, the reaction is to an action, that of entering the sqaure, not to a move action, which is the entirety of the player's move.</p><p></p><p>You could be correct that, by saying "action" they meant one of the three Actions available. But then you are limiting reactions to only those events and nothing else.</p><p></p><p>For example, if there was an interrupt to the action of taking fire damage to give you fire resist, it would interrupt any fire damage no matter the source. If you can only interrupt Standard, Move, and Minor Actions, then something other than a PC or NPC dealing fire damage not as Standard, Move, or Minor could not be interrupted because it was not an Action, just something that happened. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree that word-use could have been better!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaer, post: 4250869, member: 57861"] It's a matter of defining "action" I suppose. Action = one of the three, Move, Standard, or Minor action = some sort of movement, act, or event which could be part of a larger Action. The action that triggers the reaction is the moving into the adjacent square, which is a part of the larger Action. Thus the kobold reacts to the action, not the Move Action. I disagree that the kobold is interrupting rather than reaction. If the Kobold were interrupting the action, that would mean he could BEFORE the PC moved into the square. If it was an interrupt, as soon as the PC tried to enter the square, the kobold could shift...which would allow the kobold to move into the square himself because the PC isn't there yet. Since it is a reaction to the "move into adjacent square" trigger, the Kobold has to wait until that action is complete before he reacts to it. The kobold is [I]interrupting[/I] the player's Move Action, but he is still only [I]reacting[/I] to the triggering action, the action of the player moving into the adjacent sqaure. I don't see this is a flub at all. There is to me a difference between saying "reacting to the action that provoked the trigger" and "reacting to the Move Action or Standard Action that provoked the trigger." In this case, the reaction is to an action, that of entering the sqaure, not to a move action, which is the entirety of the player's move. You could be correct that, by saying "action" they meant one of the three Actions available. But then you are limiting reactions to only those events and nothing else. For example, if there was an interrupt to the action of taking fire damage to give you fire resist, it would interrupt any fire damage no matter the source. If you can only interrupt Standard, Move, and Minor Actions, then something other than a PC or NPC dealing fire damage not as Standard, Move, or Minor could not be interrupted because it was not an Action, just something that happened. I agree that word-use could have been better! [/QUOTE]
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