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Johnny_Angel
01-28-07, 01:53 PM Can you sacrifice an action which takes more time in order to use an action that takes less time?

For example: Each turn, I get a standard action, a move action, a swift action, and a free action.

Could I choose not to use a standard action and instead do two swift actions?

Could I use a standard action to do something which takes up enough time to be a swift action?
Seeker95
01-28-07, 08:41 PM Can you sacrifice an action which takes more time in order to use an action that takes less time?Yes. You can always do something in more time than it would normally take (except falling, I guess ;) ).Could I choose not to use a standard action and instead do two swift actions?Technically, no, because the rules on swift action explicitly state that you can only use one swift action in a single round. However, this is primarily a result of using conservative language in the description than is needed. If you want to perform a swift action, and then, instead of using your standard action for a regular standard action, there is no reasonable reason to say you cannot do another swift action instead.

Rules lawyers and reasonable rarely co-exist in the same sentence. :tiphat:
TheRealOrion
01-28-07, 10:40 PM Swift Actions are basically a way to put a hard limit on your free actions. It's something that takes not appreciable amount of time, but you get only one per round anyway. Things that are labelled Swift have been given that time specifically, so that can't perform two such actions in a round. It's a bit artificial, but it fills in a useful niche.
Tyler Do'Urden
01-29-07, 03:09 AM For example: Each turn, I get a standard action, a move action, a swift action, and a free action.Actually you get one or more free actions. Free actions aren't really limited except by DM fiat.

But yeah, swift actions are once per round and only once per round.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Johnny_Angel 01-28-07, 01:53 PM	Can you sacrifice an action which takes more time in order to use an action that takes less time? For example: Each turn, I get a standard action, a move action, a swift action, and a free action. Could I choose not to use a standard action and instead do two swift actions? Could I use a standard action to do something which takes up enough time to be a swift action?
Seeker95 01-28-07, 08:41 PM	Can you sacrifice an action which takes more time in order to use an action that takes less time?Yes. You can always do something in more time than it would normally take (except falling, I guess ;) ).Could I choose not to use a standard action and instead do two swift actions?Technically, no, because the rules on swift action explicitly state that you can only use one swift action in a single round. However, this is primarily a result of using conservative language in the description than is needed. If you want to perform a swift action, and then, instead of using your standard action for a regular standard action, there is no reasonable reason to say you cannot do another swift action instead. Rules lawyers and reasonable rarely co-exist in the same sentence. :tiphat:
TheRealOrion 01-28-07, 10:40 PM	Swift Actions are basically a way to put a hard limit on your free actions. It's something that takes not appreciable amount of time, but you get only one per round anyway. Things that are labelled Swift have been given that time specifically, so that can't perform two such actions in a round. It's a bit artificial, but it fills in a useful niche.
Tyler Do'Urden 01-29-07, 03:09 AM	For example: Each turn, I get a standard action, a move action, a swift action, and a free action.Actually you get one or more free actions. Free actions aren't really limited except by DM fiat. But yeah, swift actions are once per round and only once per round.