Using Action Points

[drowjoe]

Okay, over the weekend the group I game with decide to run a mini combat simulation in 4th Edition before we wrapped up a Shadowrun mission we were playing. We were waiting for the last player to show and decided to make good use of our time. I'm the DM for our 3.5 campaign and will be running the 4th Edition stuff at our next session. So it was a good learning experience for us all since none of us played the 4th Edition yet.

We understand that an action point allows you an extra standard, minor, or move action on top of you normal actions for the turn.

The question we had was. The Ranger was in combat with a foe. He did his standard action and attacked the creature. It was still alive. So he spent his action point and attacked again. This attack killed the foe. Now he wanted to move to the next creature.

Can he? I know your allowed a move with your normal actions which he didn't do. So he wanted to move afterwards.

When you do an Action point are you saying you are done with your normal actions regardless if you performed everything you could have done.

Joe

 

[Baumi]

The Standard Action from the Action point is still in your turn, in no particular sequence. So he could move (and use a minor Action) after attacking the second time.

 

[DracoSuave]

In fact, some parties with a warlord will use their action points -before- their regular actions, so that their first attack is either buffed, or they get back some hitpoints, try to kill their foe, and then if the foe is killed, decide their next target with what amounts to their regular actions.

 

[drowjoe]

Thanks. I was reading the PHB section of combat and also found it in there. Actions on your turn; Your Actions, Free actions, Any Order, substitute actions, extra actions, other combatants' actions.

The extra actions talks about the action points and the Any Order summons it up pretty much that it can occur in any order.