Ready an action without changing initative order? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Ready an action without changing initative order? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Sylian
07-06-07, 10:57 AM What if Readying an action was a standard action that didn't change your initiative? What are the pros and cons? Say:

Initiative:
Archer 14
Fighter 12
Wizard 11
Ogre 10

Archer sees a wizard. He moves 30 feet and ready an arrow as soon at the wizard opens his mouth.

Fighter attacks the ogre.

Wizard casts his spell, the archer shoots an arrow at him.
The ogre hits the archer. Now it's the archers turn again.

Is that balanced? Broken? What could happen?
Urithair
07-06-07, 12:52 PM Uh, this is RAW. The ready action doesn't change your initiative order, but the delay action does.
Sylian
07-06-07, 01:19 PM 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.

That's RAW.

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Sylian 07-06-07, 10:57 AM	What if Readying an action was a standard action that didn't change your initiative? What are the pros and cons? Say: Initiative: Archer 14 Fighter 12 Wizard 11 Ogre 10 Archer sees a wizard. He moves 30 feet and ready an arrow as soon at the wizard opens his mouth. Fighter attacks the ogre. Wizard casts his spell, the archer shoots an arrow at him. The ogre hits the archer. Now it's the archers turn again. Is that balanced? Broken? What could happen?
Urithair 07-06-07, 12:52 PM	Uh, this is RAW. The ready action doesn't change your initiative order, but the delay action does.
Sylian 07-06-07, 01:19 PM	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. That's RAW.