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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 6678536" data-attributes="member: 6787503">Right, I just agreed with you that rolling initiative at the beginning is the way to go. I didn't say you need to attack right after initiative. I don't know where you're getting that. Initiative is a Dex check that is good for the entire encounter for the purpose of deciding the order actions are taken in. I think we're on the same page about this.This is open to some interpretation. The timing of the Ready action requires the trigger to have finished before you can take the readied action. Since drawing a weapon is part of the Attack action, my ruling was that Greedo be allowed to complete his attack before Han takes his readied shot. This is because Greedo wouldn't have been drawing his blaster if he weren't attacking with it. Drawing and firing really aren't two separate actions.But even if you disagree with that interpretation and say that drawing the weapon in itself constitutes the trigger, Greedo would still be allowed to finish drawing his blaster. At that point both Han and Greedo are pointing their blasters at each other and are both about to press the trigger. How do you decide who gets to shoot first? Initiative answers that question very well in my opinion because it tells us who's turn it is.</blockquote>