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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 8353681" data-attributes="member: 467">One complication that I haven't seen mentioned is that Readied actions occur after the trigger is complete, which makes some kinds of readied action hard to pull off or require some mental or linguistic gymnastics to get there. The most obvious is readying the Help action. You can't help someone with something after they are done doing it.&quot;I ready to Help Bob versus the ogre&quot; doesn't actually work. Just use your action to Help.Bob on your turn.&quot;I ready a movement in case the goblin gets next to me&quot; is fine but you are still going to take an opportunity attack if you leave the goblin's reach.Then there's the corner cases. &quot;I ready to Hide when the wizard casts fog cloud.&quot; What happens if the fog cloud is countered during the casting?Overall I think 90% of readied actions i see at the table are some variation of &quot;I attack the first enemy I see (ranged)&quot; or &quot;I attack the first enemy that comes into my reach (melee).&quot;Another aspect in actual play: Do you, as GM, tell your players if an enemy has readied an action? I usually don't unless it is glaringly obvious. I just pass their turn and maybe describe their attention going somewhere specific if appropriate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 8353681, member: 467"] One complication that I haven't seen mentioned is that Readied actions occur after the trigger is complete, which makes some kinds of readied action hard to pull off or require some mental or linguistic gymnastics to get there. The most obvious is readying the Help action. You can't help someone with something after they are done doing it. "I ready to Help Bob versus the ogre" doesn't actually work. Just use your action to Help.Bob on your turn. "I ready a movement in case the goblin gets next to me" is fine but you are still going to take an opportunity attack if you leave the goblin's reach. Then there's the corner cases. "I ready to Hide when the wizard casts fog cloud." What happens if the fog cloud is countered during the casting? Overall I think 90% of readied actions i see at the table are some variation of "I attack the first enemy I see (ranged)" or "I attack the first enemy that comes into my reach (melee)." Another aspect in actual play: Do you, as GM, tell your players if an enemy has readied an action? I usually don't unless it is glaringly obvious. I just pass their turn and maybe describe their attention going somewhere specific if appropriate. [/QUOTE]

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