Post/Author/DateTime	Post
drizden 07-20-05, 06:08 PM	I'm wondering if in one round a character can MOVE (move-equiv) then Attack (standard) then ready a free action (drop an item). I'm thinking not, but would just like to here someone else's justification or reasoning... thx in advance!
Radijs 07-20-05, 06:13 PM	I don't really see why not. What kind of action would you ready if it where free?
drizden 07-20-05, 06:18 PM	a quickened spell... like teleport.
JadeSpider9643 07-20-05, 06:20 PM	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. As Readying an action is a standard action, you can not take a standard action, a move action, AND still ready an action. Even if the readied action is a free action, it still takes a STANDARD action to ready it.
drizden 07-20-05, 06:22 PM	Works for me. Thank you, sir! <I don't have access to my PHB today>
Oakspar77777 07-21-05, 03:21 AM	Note that Ready-ing implies doing something BEFORE something else happens. A Free Action can happen at any point, but it happens in responce. So, if what you are droping is, say, Alchemist Fire (assuming you are immune to fire and just want the splash damage arround you), a Ready action could do it before an adjacent spellcast cast a spell, making disruption a possibility. A Free Action could not, since the spell would be cast first (unless it had a longer duration, like a Summon Monster spell). You could still drop it and cause damage, and you could wait until after your foes close in and get close, just not "before" and action, like a Ready Action.