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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5607485" data-attributes="member: 92305">Hold onto your boiled eggs, there, Grandma!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />&nbsp;&nbsp;Readying, itself, is a standard action, right?&nbsp;Your example here says that you will:&nbsp; Move, Ready Action, then Move again.&nbsp;That's not right, is it?&nbsp; You get a Standard Action and a Move Action in a round.&nbsp; You're giving the character a Standard action and two Move actions.&nbsp; Or,&nbsp; you're not counting the Readying part of the Ready Action as anything.&nbsp;The rule specifically says that &quot;readying&quot; is a standard action.&nbsp;Thus, you cannot move, ready an action, then move again.&nbsp;You can ready an action, then move, if the move is your readied action.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I think the example talking about moving to a door and readying an attack action for anyone who comes near means that the character is using his 5' step (which he always gets) to move to the door.&nbsp;A character gets a standard action and a move action during the round.&nbsp; If he does not otherwise move, then he gets a free 5' step.&nbsp;I think what the example is saying is this:&nbsp; Character moves to the open door (5' step), readies an attack (Standard Action), and then will perform that attack when triggered (takes the place of his Move Action).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Therefore, anytime you ready an action, the most you can move is 5', if you move before the readied action is triggered.&nbsp;You can not move at all, then use your standard action to ready an action (which is a move action), then move once the action is triggered.&nbsp; But you cannot do it the other way around.&nbsp;If you need to position yourself more than 5' away when you want to ready an action, you can't do it in one round.&nbsp; You have to move to your desired location in round 1 then, in round 2, use your standard action to ready whatever it is that you want to do later in the round.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 5607485, member: 92305"] Hold onto your boiled eggs, there, Grandma! :eek: Readying, itself, is a standard action, right? Your example here says that you will: Move, Ready Action, then Move again. That's not right, is it? You get a Standard Action and a Move Action in a round. You're giving the character a Standard action and two Move actions. Or, you're not counting the Readying part of the Ready Action as anything. The rule specifically says that "readying" is a standard action. Thus, you cannot move, ready an action, then move again. You can ready an action, then move, if the move is your readied action. I think the example talking about moving to a door and readying an attack action for anyone who comes near means that the character is using his 5' step (which he always gets) to move to the door. A character gets a standard action and a move action during the round. If he does not otherwise move, then he gets a free 5' step. [COLOR=blue]I think what the example is saying is this: Character moves to the open door (5' step), readies an attack (Standard Action), and then will perform that attack when triggered (takes the place of his Move Action).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [COLOR=white]Therefore, anytime you ready an action, the most you can move is 5', if you move before the readied action is triggered.[/COLOR] [COLOR=white][/COLOR] [COLOR=white]You can not move at all, then use your standard action to ready an action (which is a move action), then move once the action is triggered. But you cannot do it the other way around.[/COLOR] If you need to position yourself more than 5' away when you want to ready an action, you can't do it in one round. You have to move to your desired location in round 1 then, in round 2, use your standard action to ready whatever it is that you want to do later in the round. [/QUOTE]

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