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<blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 5607510" data-attributes="member: 23094">Come, learn at the feet of the master. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp;Certainly.Yep.[EDIT: Though, pedantically, I'd've written it:My Turn:Move Action: Move up to my speedStandard Action: Ready (Move up to my speed later on when Trigger X happens)Does that help you visualize what's happening?&nbsp; As I say later, you're &quot;paying in advance&quot; when you take the Ready action.]&nbsp;Taking the &quot;Ready&quot; standard action allows you to pick any move, standard, or free action (and, later, swift actions) and do it at some later point based on a trigger you set.The character isn't really taking three actions (effectively); they're taking two effective actions: one now, and one later.&nbsp; The number of things you can do in a round doesn't increase when you take the Ready action.&nbsp;Nope.&nbsp; Why would you assume that?&nbsp; I mean, he *could* do that, certainly; it's an allowed option.&nbsp; 5' step next to the door, move action to open it (or not, if it's already open), the standard action to ready an attack if someone comes through it.I mean, you let people ready attacks, don't you?&nbsp; As in, &quot;I ready an action to hit him if he starts to cast a spell&quot;?&nbsp; Wouldn't that be giving people two standard actions in a round, by your logic?The thing is that the ready action lets you pay in advance for an action you want to take later; you spend a standard action on your turn, and can take (without &quot;cost&quot;) any move, standard, free, or swift action later on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Patryn of Elvenshae, post: 5607510, member: 23094"] Come, learn at the feet of the master. :D Certainly. Yep. [EDIT: Though, pedantically, I'd've written it: My Turn: Move Action: Move up to my speed Standard Action: Ready (Move up to my speed later on when Trigger X happens) Does that help you visualize what's happening? As I say later, you're "paying in advance" when you take the Ready action.] Taking the "Ready" standard action allows you to pick any move, standard, or free action (and, later, swift actions) and do it at some later point based on a trigger you set. The character isn't [i]really[/i] taking three actions (effectively); they're taking two effective actions: one now, and one later. The number of things you can do in a round doesn't increase when you take the Ready action. Nope. Why would you assume that? I mean, he *could* do that, certainly; it's an allowed option. 5' step next to the door, move action to open it (or not, if it's already open), the standard action to ready an attack if someone comes through it. I mean, you let people ready attacks, don't you? As in, "I ready an action to hit him if he starts to cast a spell"? Wouldn't that be giving people two standard actions in a round, by your logic? The thing is that the ready action lets you pay in advance for an action you want to take later; you spend a standard action on your turn, and can take (without "cost") any move, standard, free, or swift action later on. [/QUOTE]

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