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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 10879" data-attributes="member: 158">See if I am correct in my thinking, here...Theorize a 6th level fighter, with the feats of Exotic weapon (spiked chain) and Combat reflexes, standing 10 feet away from his opponent. The fighter readies an action that if any opponent approaches within 5 feet of him, he will make an attack and make a 5' step. said opponent moves in to attack. He takes an attack of opportunity from moving from the 10' range to the 5' range, then moves within 5'. The fighter's readied action kicks off at this time, he attacks once, then moves 5'. The opponent, who only has a melee weapon that reaches 5', cannot attack, because he has already moved where he intended to go, even though he had some movement left. (Let's hypothesize that he only moved 20 feet to get there).Is this the correct sequence of events? Could the opponent move further if he still had movement left, or must he take another action for the round? Does he get off his attack this round still, or does the readied action mean the fighter was already out of the way, and therefore cannot?I am not asking for DM ruled opinions, but the letter of the rules in this instance. Summary:1) Is a combatant's move completely declared at his time of move, or can be &quot;move a little more&quot;?2) Can a combatant change his action if a readied action spoils what he planned to do?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 10879, member: 158"] See if I am correct in my thinking, here... Theorize a 6th level fighter, with the feats of Exotic weapon (spiked chain) and Combat reflexes, standing 10 feet away from his opponent. The fighter readies an action that if any opponent approaches within 5 feet of him, he will make an attack and make a 5' step. said opponent moves in to attack. He takes an attack of opportunity from moving from the 10' range to the 5' range, then moves within 5'. The fighter's readied action kicks off at this time, he attacks once, then moves 5'. The opponent, who only has a melee weapon that reaches 5', cannot attack, because he has already moved where he intended to go, even though he had some movement left. (Let's hypothesize that he only moved 20 feet to get there). Is this the correct sequence of events? Could the opponent move further if he still had movement left, or must he take another action for the round? Does he get off his attack this round still, or does the readied action mean the fighter was already out of the way, and therefore cannot? I am not asking for DM ruled opinions, but the letter of the rules in this instance. Summary: 1) Is a combatant's move completely declared at his time of move, or can be "move a little more"? 2) Can a combatant change his action if a readied action spoils what he planned to do? [/QUOTE]

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