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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 6775425" data-attributes="member: 16814">So, what's your ruling in this situation:Situation: Enemy fighter, 20' away from the PC, armed with a javelin and a longsword.&nbsp; He has the extra attack ability for 2 attacks per attack action.Readied action:&nbsp; If the enemy fighter moves next to me, I will move awayCreature's turn:&nbsp; The enemy fighter uses his attack action and throws the javelin at the PC.&nbsp; He then closes to the PC, moving next to the PC.&nbsp; He then uses his second attack to make a longsword attack on the PC.&nbsp; He then continues his movement away from the PC.By the book:&nbsp; The javelin attack occurs.&nbsp; It is not the trigger, so the PC has no ability to use his reaction.&nbsp; The fighter then moves next to the PC, as part of the ability to move between attack in the attack action.&nbsp; The trigger for the RA has now completed, and this point, immediately after the trigger resolves, the PC has to either chose to use his reaction to complete the RA or ignore it.&nbsp; If the PC chooses to use his reaction, he can now use his full move to move away from the enemy fighter, before the enemy fighter can make his second attack within the attack action.&nbsp; The enemy fighter may make an AO, if he chooses.&nbsp; The fighter may then follow, up to his remaining movement, or find a different target for his longsword attack.&nbsp; OR, if the player chooses to ignore the trigger, he'll lose his readied action, but he might have decided he'll become even more powerful than the enemy fighter can imagine if he's cut down. This clearly interrupts in between multiple attacks within an attack action.&nbsp; The given example, presented without caveat as a 100% valid trigger, shows that this is so.&nbsp; Now, you, as DM, may choose to allow or not allow a trigger as reasonable, and you may choose to never allow for a trigger to be stated that could possibly interrupt between attacks, but you're going to have to make sure that you're doing that at the 'determine trigger' step, because after that the rules say nothing about not interrupting between attacks and instead say that if the trigger occurs, you interrupt immediately after.To be fair, no one here is arguing that point.&nbsp; We're all very clear on that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 6775425, member: 16814"] So, what's your ruling in this situation: Situation: Enemy fighter, 20' away from the PC, armed with a javelin and a longsword. He has the extra attack ability for 2 attacks per attack action. Readied action: If the enemy fighter moves next to me, I will move away Creature's turn: The enemy fighter uses his attack action and throws the javelin at the PC. He then closes to the PC, moving next to the PC. He then uses his second attack to make a longsword attack on the PC. He then continues his movement away from the PC. By the book: The javelin attack occurs. It is not the trigger, so the PC has no ability to use his reaction. The fighter then moves next to the PC, as part of the ability to move between attack in the attack action. The trigger for the RA has now completed, and this point, immediately after the trigger resolves, the PC has to either chose to use his reaction to complete the RA or ignore it. If the PC chooses to use his reaction, he can now use his full move to move away from the enemy fighter, before the enemy fighter can make his second attack within the attack action. The enemy fighter may make an AO, if he chooses. The fighter may then follow, up to his remaining movement, or find a different target for his longsword attack. OR, if the player chooses to ignore the trigger, he'll lose his readied action, but he might have decided he'll become even more powerful than the enemy fighter can imagine if he's cut down. This clearly interrupts in between multiple attacks within an attack action. The given example, presented without caveat as a 100% valid trigger, shows that this is so. Now, you, as DM, may choose to allow or not allow a trigger as reasonable, and you may choose to never allow for a trigger to be stated that could possibly interrupt between attacks, but you're going to have to make sure that you're doing that at the 'determine trigger' step, because after that the rules say nothing about not interrupting between attacks and instead say that if the trigger occurs, you interrupt [I]immediately [/I]after. To be fair, no one here is arguing that point. We're all very clear on that. [/QUOTE]

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