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<blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 5607373" data-attributes="member: 23094">Water Bob, I love you and all, but please don't try to teach Grandma to suck eggs. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Readying is a standard action.&nbsp; Most characters can take a move action and a standard action in the same round.&nbsp; Thus, you can move (a move action) and ready a standard, move, or free action.&quot;Move up to your speed&quot; is a move action.Thus, you can move up to your speed as a move action, ready an action to move, and then move up to your speed again later in the round as a readied action.You are allowed to take a 5' step as part of your readied action if you have not otherwise moved on your turn.&nbsp; This allows you to draw a sword, ready an action to attack anyone approaching you, and then take a 5' step and attack when someone gets close.&nbsp; This rule has to be there because, otherwise, you could not take a 5' step as part of your readied action, as you must take a 5' step on your own turn (only certain free actions and, later, immediate actions are allowed on other characters' turns).&nbsp; [EDIT: Moreover, it's a conditional statement.&nbsp; &quot;Only if you don't X can you Y&quot; implies the existance of &quot;If you do X, you can't Y.&quot;&nbsp; Thus, &quot;Only if you don't otherwise move on your turn, you can take a 5' step as part of your readied action&quot; allows for &quot;If you do otherwise move on your turn, you cannot take a 5' step as part of your readied action.&quot;]It does not limit you from moving as a readied action, nor specify that you may not otherwise move in a round in which you ready an action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Patryn of Elvenshae, post: 5607373, member: 23094"] Water Bob, I love you and all, but please don't try to teach Grandma to suck eggs. :) Readying is a standard action. Most characters can take a move action and a standard action in the same round. Thus, you can move (a move action) and ready a standard, move, or free action. "Move up to your speed" is a move action. Thus, you can move up to your speed as a move action, ready an action to move, and then move up to your speed again later in the round as a readied action. You are allowed to take a 5' step as part of your readied action if you have not otherwise moved on your turn. This allows you to draw a sword, ready an action to attack anyone approaching you, and then take a 5' step and attack when someone gets close. This rule has to be there because, otherwise, you could not take a 5' step as part of your readied action, as you must take a 5' step on your own turn (only certain free actions and, later, immediate actions are allowed on other characters' turns). [EDIT: Moreover, it's a conditional statement. "Only if you don't X can you Y" implies the existance of "If you do X, you can't Y." Thus, "Only if you don't otherwise move on your turn, you can take a 5' step as part of your readied action" allows for "If you do otherwise move on your turn, you cannot take a 5' step as part of your readied action."] It does not limit you from moving as a readied action, nor specify that you may not otherwise move in a round in which you ready an action. [/QUOTE]

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