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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 4808231" data-attributes="member: 53980">According to the RAW (PHB pg 291) what you're suggesting is not possible.Take a look at the text on that page after Immediate Reaction.&nbsp; &quot;[The readied action] takes place after your enemy completes the action that triggers it.&quot;According to a strict reading of the Readied Action rules, you cannot prepare an action to trigger when immobilize no longer affects you or when you say &quot;go&quot;.&nbsp; You could trigger it off the action of an enemy that goes after you do, but if the immobilization is &quot;save ends&quot; you have a 45% chance of wasting your readied action (you could still be immobilized when the triggering event occurs).Even going by the spirit of the rules, I'd still say that it's clear that a trigger is intended to be an external stimulus.&nbsp; I'd allow a readied action that triggered after the party cleric casts Sacred Flame (to grant you an extra save) but there's still no guarantee that the saving throw will be successful, so the action still might be wasted.Allowing a readied action to function the way you suggest would devalue conditions on both sides of the screen, which I don't think would benefit the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 4808231, member: 53980"] According to the RAW (PHB pg 291) what you're suggesting is not possible. Take a look at the text on that page after [b]Immediate Reaction[/b]. "[The readied action] takes place after your enemy completes the action that triggers it." According to a strict reading of the Readied Action rules, you cannot prepare an action to trigger when immobilize no longer affects you or when you say "go". You could trigger it off the action of an enemy that goes after you do, but if the immobilization is "save ends" you have a 45% chance of wasting your readied action (you could still be immobilized when the triggering event occurs). Even going by the spirit of the rules, I'd still say that it's clear that a trigger is intended to be an external stimulus. I'd allow a readied action that triggered after the party cleric casts Sacred Flame (to grant you an extra save) but there's still no guarantee that the saving throw will be successful, so the action still might be wasted. Allowing a readied action to function the way you suggest would devalue conditions on both sides of the screen, which I don't think would benefit the game. [/QUOTE]

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