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fatal error 04-13-06, 10:57 PM	You ready a single action, but can you include a 5ft. step in that? If you can't, it seems like it's impossible to ready an action to interrupt a spellcaster without A) being ranged, B) backing him up to a wall, C) special reach like a spiked chain or spikes + polearm.
AbyssKnight 04-13-06, 11:22 PM	Yes, it is possible to take a 5' step when you ready an action, but only as long as you didn't move. For example: Fighter Bob, who uses a longsword, moves 30' then readies an action to attack the next person to attack him. Fighter Joe moves to 10' from Bob and attacks with a longspear. Bob's readied action activates, but bince Bob moved he cannot take a 5' step, and he can't reach Joe to with his attack. Fighter Steve, who uses a greatsword, is standing next to Wizard Pete. Steve readies an action to attack Pete if he begins casting a spell. Pete takes a 5' step away from Steve and begins casting Magic Missile. Pete's readied action goes off, and since he didn't move this turn he can 5' step up to Pete and attack.
Chrono Nexus 04-13-06, 11:23 PM	You could just set the action to "if the caster moves" that way you could still get in your attack of oppurtunity. I don't believe a 5ft. step is included as part of a readied action... you could just postpone your initiative count to equal the caster's that way you might be able to move with him (if that is possible. I am not entirely sure of that.)
Mitchell 04-14-06, 03:36 AM	From the SRD: READY The ready action lets you prepare to take an action later, after your turn is over but before your next one has begun. Readying is a standard action. It does not provoke an attack of opportunity (though the action that you ready might do so). Readying an Action: You can ready a standard action, a move action, or a free action. To do so, specify the action you will take and the conditions under which you will take it. Then, any time before your next action, you may take the readied action in response to that condition. The action occurs just before the action that triggers it. If the triggered action is part of another character’s activities, you interrupt the other character. Assuming he is still capable of doing so, he continues his actions once you complete your readied action. Your initiative result changes. For the rest of the encounter, your initiative result is the count on which you took the readied action, and you act immediately ahead of the character whose action triggered your readied action. You can take a 5-foot step as part of your readied action, but only if you don’t otherwise move any distance during the round. Not much room for question there. :)
Novacat 04-14-06, 10:11 AM	Funny how people can offer their opinions all day... and then someone *gasp* actually looks it up! Then, of course a giant quote block from the SRD drops from the heavens and lays the smack on all the nay-sayers. Take that!
JadeSpider9643 04-14-06, 11:46 AM	You could just set the action to "if the caster moves" that way you could still get in your attack of oppurtunity. I don't believe a 5ft. step is included as part of a readied action... you could just postpone your initiative count to equal the caster's that way you might be able to move with him (if that is possible. I am not entirely sure of that.) Note the important difference in that a Readied action occurs BEFORE the action in question, while delaying your initiative will let you act AFTER something occurs. If you delay until the wizard casts a spell and then smack him....well it's too late to interrupt it, he already cast it. If you had readied the action you could have tried to interrupt it.