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Message: <blockquote data-quote="exnusquam123" data-source="post: 5134481" data-attributes="member: 89048">Skimmed through most pages in this post and thought it was interesting enough to reply to...I agree with one of the original responders to the thread - DracoSuave.The rule on Interrupts is simple and easy to follow mechanically.  When its trigger occurs, the immediate interrupt activates and takes precedence over its trigger and its triggers effect - it takes precedence because in game-time it occurs before the trigger's effect .... and here is odd part ...  it can happen before the trigger does.  This is because real-world intentions and pending effects are not always in-sync with game-world and game-time events.  Here is what I mean.To me, the Immediate Interrupt has a purpose in the game - to interrupt actions or consequences of actions.  In the case of the Minotaur Ferocity Trait, I think it should actually have read "When you [WOULD HAVE DROPPED] to 0 hit points or fewer [BY AN ATTACK], you can make a melee basic attack as an immediate interrupt."  I truly think this is the intent of the authors - the minotaur sees his demise coming and reacts instinctively, lashing out at the attacker!  This isn't a preternatural ability ... it's the " #^@&, nooooooo! " inborn response of any living being.(One other viewpoint is that they typoed or something and actually meant Immediate Reaction - i.e., the minotaur goes down with one last swing before falling prone, dying.)Another example:  I ready an action as such, "If the monster hits me, I teleport away."  In this case, when a creature hits me, it does damage because I cannot tell if it hits me unless .... it hits me!  CONTRAST</blockquote>

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