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Message: <blockquote data-quote="0-hr" data-source="post: 366284" data-attributes="member: 4734">That's a good point and well reflects the rules as I understand them. You'll need a way to figure out which readied actions go first though (for when multiple people are readying for the same event). I think that it is a fair trade off to let someone ready an action before combat, but then force them to do nothing in that first round if their ready action does not come up. You should limit what sort of things people can ready for though, otherwise your players might all "ready an attack if there is a monster on the other side of this door". If you limit them to conditions that specify only things that they are already aware of, that might take care of most problems.If I were going to implement something like this, I'd rename it something like "Precombat Preparation" to distinguish it from a Ready Action. Then list out what exactly it does. ie:Given time and a full understanding of the situation, a person can prepare a partial action outside of combat. This action is like a Ready Action in that it must  specify a condition and it will interrupt that triggering condition should it occur. If combat starts while a person has a precombat action prepared, then it is possible that they will get to act even before their normal initiative count.Roll initiative and start combat normally. Anyone with a precombat action prepared will not get to act when their first opportunity in the initiative sequence comes around. Instead, if (and only if) the triggering condition occurs, then the prepared action can be taken immediately (changing that person's initiative accordingly). If the triggering condition does not occur before the person's second normal turn in the initiative sequence, then the precombat preparation expires and the person can act normally at that time.A prepared person can take their readied action even if surprised during a surprise round. If surprised, however, they do not get to count the surprise round as their first "turn" if the triggering condition does not occur.Anyway, that's my initial thought.</blockquote>

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