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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sekhmet" data-source="post: 5430500" data-attributes="member: 97602">I think you're confusing yourself. Think about it like this. Combat Order is this: Conan, Orc, Gandalf, Tasslehoff, Ogre. Round 1:  Conan charges and kills Orc!  Gandalf puts on his robe and wizard hat!  Tasslehoff wants to flank the enemy Ogre so that he can Sneak Attack it with his next attack, but Conan is too far away to get a flanking bonus with, so he can't.  He decides to wait until Conan has moved into range of the Ogre, so he can flank it, but Conan has already used his action this round to fell an Orc, so Tass must wait until the next round for Conan to move. Ogre closes in on Conan and Ogre bashes Conan, ending the combat round.   Round 2: Conan closes in on Ogre (who had Reach before) and attacks! Using his delayed action, Tass flanks Ogre. Gandalf casts Magic Missile at the darkness! Tasslehoff Sneak Attacks Ogre. Ogre bashes Conan, ending the combat round.  Round 3:  Conan smashes Ogre. Ogre dies.---------- The correct question is "What exactly does THIS mean: "If a player comes to his next action and has not yet performed an action, he does not get to take a delayed action in the next round, though he can delay again." Assume the combat order of the last example had been: Gandalf, Conan, Tasslehoff, Ogre. When Tasslehoff delayed his action until Conan had his chance to go in Round 2, his delayed turn would have happened at the same time as his regular turn, so he loses the delayed action, and combat continues as if he had just sat around twiddling his thumbs for a round.  He then takes his regular turn as if no delaying had occurred.</blockquote>

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