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Fantastic work! I have recommended all of your videos to my D&D society members for our West Marches variant campaign which is using the new Pathfinder rules. Very helpful!
These are very helpful. I travel a lot and it covers down on the reading I would want/ have to do between sessions. Your working hard to make my pass time easy.
What happens if multiple characters ready actions and the first characters action triggers the second does it interrupt the third action if it had the same trigger as the first ? Example: four character outside door. Swam of wasp inside room spotted through window. Three PC’s outside door ready alchemist bombs to throw when character 4 opens the door. Swam inside readys attack action when hit by enemy. Would that interrupt first three triggers when first attack hits?
Question (if this is answered in a later video please ignore this) if they're making only one attack after they readied that action for later, does it suffer a -5 or -10 penalty if any? that's what I'm confused on right now
If a character uses a Ready Action to make a Strike, that strike will have no multiple attack penalty unless they used an action during their turn on an Attack action, in which case the readied strike will be made at -5 (or -4 if they use an Agile weapon).
@@HowItsPlayed thank you. I'm now learning this from your videos in case WOTC's D&D goes down. Though it seems that may not happen, but I'm learning this regardless.
Does anyone have an opinion on a house rule which gives the option to spend three actions to ready a two-action reaction? That would allow casters to get I to the game of ready actions too. I don't see any good reason to deny a wizard who prepares to cast a lightning bolt at an enemy when the enemy opens the door.
Is it possible to improve initiative with delay, by delaying until start of next turn and then play in first order ? Or play after the first in order ? While readying, is it possible to use a 2 action activity instead of 1 action only, like launch a spell... when i am accelerated by haste ?
I don't think so... I'm pretty sure it's all or nothing. You need to announce you're delaying before using any actions, and then use all three of them after you rejoin the initiative order.
@@HowItsPlayed Nothing in the Description says that you can only take this action at the beginning of the turn. In fact it explicitly says "The *rest* of your turn doesn't happen yet." Which sort of implies that there can be a part of your turn before "the rest" which has already happened.
@@thorstenengler9892 but "Delay" action does have a trigger of "Your turn begins", which would allow characters to use this action only at the start of their turn.
With delaying causing negative effects to immediately trigger, does that mean that, RAW, you would take the negative effect again when you stop delaying, thus effectively suffering from it twice in one turn? If so, with something like persistent damage, would you get two saves against it, technically doubling your chances of saving every round?
No, the effects occur at your original initiative. So if you delay, you suffer them at the time you declare you are delaying, but not again when you stop delaying.
@@HowItsPlayed Problem is you avoid persistant damage any other round by delaying through next round. Round 1 - I delay, I take persistant damage Round 2 - I re-enter initiative, I don't take persistant damage Round 3 - I delay, I take persistant damage Round 4 - I re-enter initiative, I don't take persistant damage Etc By doing this you only get to use your actions any other round and that's on you BUT you also avoid taking persistant damage any other round. Yet rule says you can't use Delay to avoid any negative consequence that would have occurred on your turn. So what ?
In our game, the rogue usually goes before me in initiative order. He doesn't want to delay. I want to delay my turn so that I act right before him. That means that the current combat round ends. Can I jump back into initiative order in the new round (so my order is higher than it was and right before the rogue) or do I lose my actions for that round and am right back in the same order or am I last in the order. In your example, what if Seela wants to have her turn right after the zombie with initiative 13? is this possible? -- Seela "I delay" ~~ New Round ~~ -- Harsk "I swing" -- Zombie 13 "Arg" swing -- Seela "I want to re-enter initiative" I swing. -- Zombie 11 "yar" swing -- Zombie 10 "ungg" swing new round. would the combat order be Harsk - zombie 13 - Seela -- Zombie 11 -- Zombie 10?
What happens if i readied an attack action, and just before my turn, something trigger my readied action and attack it, and then when its my turn, I attack it again. Does it have multiple attack penalty?
How can I ready spells that use more than one action? Like, when the orc enters I cast fireball? And If I can ready two action actions, Can I ready a 3 Action action with ready? Thanks
So, what would happen if everybody in the combat used the Delay action? Everyone steps out of initiative, meaning it becomes kinda like a quick draw maybe?
If everyone delays, it continues into the next round and people can choose when to rejoin initiative in the order that they delayed (i.e. if multiple people want to rejoin imitative at the same time, they do so in the order that they delayed).
So delaying your melee action (run up to foe and attack) to allow the ranged weapons players at least one shot without you in the way will from now on be a permanent detriment to you. Ready don't quite do the same thing.
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Fantastic work! I have recommended all of your videos to my D&D society members for our West Marches variant campaign which is using the new Pathfinder rules. Very helpful!
Thanks for sharing!
Your videos are great and super necessary!
These are very helpful. I travel a lot and it covers down on the reading I would want/ have to do between sessions. Your working hard to make my pass time easy.
Thank you so much for these videos
You're very welcome!
Good clear explanation thanks!
You're very welcome!
Great videos! Please cover: Attacks of opportunity & Familiars!
Good news! I already have one on Familiars! th-cam.com/video/_qe-4lch0ds/w-d-xo.html
these are REALLY good!
This is a cool feature 👍 I need to start playing Pathfinder.
Yes, you do!!
What happens if multiple characters ready actions and the first characters action triggers the second does it interrupt the third action if it had the same trigger as the first ? Example: four character outside door. Swam of wasp inside room spotted through window. Three PC’s outside door ready alchemist bombs to throw when character 4 opens the door. Swam inside readys attack action when hit by enemy. Would that interrupt first three triggers when first attack hits?
Question (if this is answered in a later video please ignore this) if they're making only one attack after they readied that action for later, does it suffer a -5 or -10 penalty if any? that's what I'm confused on right now
If a character uses a Ready Action to make a Strike, that strike will have no multiple attack penalty unless they used an action during their turn on an Attack action, in which case the readied strike will be made at -5 (or -4 if they use an Agile weapon).
@@HowItsPlayed thank you. I'm now learning this from your videos in case WOTC's D&D goes down. Though it seems that may not happen, but I'm learning this regardless.
Does anyone have an opinion on a house rule which gives the option to spend three actions to ready a two-action reaction?
That would allow casters to get I to the game of ready actions too.
I don't see any good reason to deny a wizard who prepares to cast a lightning bolt at an enemy when the enemy opens the door.
I agree with this. It encourages the players to think outside the box, and I wouldn't want to keep spellcasters out of that dynamic.
Is it possible to improve initiative with delay, by delaying until start of next turn and then play in first order ? Or play after the first in order ?
While readying, is it possible to use a 2 action activity instead of 1 action only, like launch a spell... when i am accelerated by haste ?
The action i use for the Ready action *has* to cost only 1 or 0 actions, right? No readying a two-cost spell or fancy maneuver or something?
Does delay allow a player to use one action and save two actions for later in the turn order, i.e. split their turn?
I don't think so... I'm pretty sure it's all or nothing. You need to announce you're delaying before using any actions, and then use all three of them after you rejoin the initiative order.
@@HowItsPlayed Nothing in the Description says that you can only take this action at the beginning of the turn. In fact it explicitly says "The *rest* of your turn doesn't happen yet." Which sort of implies that there can be a part of your turn before "the rest" which has already happened.
@@thorstenengler9892 but "Delay" action does have a trigger of "Your turn begins", which would allow characters to use this action only at the start of their turn.
With delaying causing negative effects to immediately trigger, does that mean that, RAW, you would take the negative effect again when you stop delaying, thus effectively suffering from it twice in one turn? If so, with something like persistent damage, would you get two saves against it, technically doubling your chances of saving every round?
No, the effects occur at your original initiative. So if you delay, you suffer them at the time you declare you are delaying, but not again when you stop delaying.
@@HowItsPlayed Thank you for clarifying that for me, and keep up the great work!
@@HowItsPlayed Problem is you avoid persistant damage any other round by delaying through next round.
Round 1 - I delay, I take persistant damage
Round 2 - I re-enter initiative, I don't take persistant damage
Round 3 - I delay, I take persistant damage
Round 4 - I re-enter initiative, I don't take persistant damage
Etc
By doing this you only get to use your actions any other round and that's on you BUT you also avoid taking persistant damage any other round. Yet rule says you can't use Delay to avoid any negative consequence that would have occurred on your turn. So what ?
In our game, the rogue usually goes before me in initiative order. He doesn't want to delay. I want to delay my turn so that I act right before him.
That means that the current combat round ends. Can I jump back into initiative order in the new round (so my order is higher than it was and right before the rogue) or do I lose my actions for that round and am right back in the same order or am I last in the order.
In your example, what if Seela wants to have her turn right after the zombie with initiative 13? is this possible?
-- Seela "I delay"
~~ New Round ~~
-- Harsk "I swing"
-- Zombie 13 "Arg" swing
-- Seela "I want to re-enter initiative" I swing.
-- Zombie 11 "yar" swing
-- Zombie 10 "ungg" swing
new round. would the combat order be Harsk - zombie 13 - Seela -- Zombie 11 -- Zombie 10?
Can you ready 1 action spells? Does it cost a spell slot if the spell trigger doesn't occur?
Yes to both. :)
What happens if i readied an attack action, and just before my turn, something trigger my readied action and attack it, and then when its my turn, I attack it again. Does it have multiple attack penalty?
IIRC actions refresh at the start of each turn, not round. So no, there would be no multiple attack penalty for the second attack.
How can I ready spells that use more than one action? Like, when the orc enters I cast fireball? And If I can ready two action actions, Can I ready a 3 Action action with ready? Thanks
"Choose a single action or free action you can use"
You can't. But I plan to give that option as a houserule.
So, what would happen if everybody in the combat used the Delay action? Everyone steps out of initiative, meaning it becomes kinda like a quick draw maybe?
If everyone delays, it continues into the next round and people can choose when to rejoin initiative in the order that they delayed (i.e. if multiple people want to rejoin imitative at the same time, they do so in the order that they delayed).
Now I've got to incorporate goblinball into my campaign somehow...
I'm working on delaying... but i always get ready to soon.... if you know what i mean 😏🤣
So delaying your melee action (run up to foe and attack) to allow the ranged weapons players at least one shot without you in the way will from now on be a permanent detriment to you. Ready don't quite do the same thing.
Wouldn't you delay instead of ready to get the same effect?
Is it just me who only watches the summary at the end