Timeline for Dazing as an opportunity attack or readied action
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| Mar 9, 2011 at 18:04 | vote | accept | dpatchery | ||
| Mar 8, 2011 at 15:58 | comment | added | AceCalhoon | @dpatch One last thing worth noting... Remember that readied actions and opportunity attacks are optional in 4e. If you ready a daze, but the daze won't have the impact you want it to, you can choose not to act (which is similar to the case of readying a melee attack, and then never having a monster approach you). It's still kind of a let-down, though. | |
| Mar 8, 2011 at 15:52 | history | edited | AceCalhoon | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 8, 2011 at 15:47 | comment | added | dpatchery | Thanks for the update and analysis of other options. Regarding your question, we treat those situations normally because they are intended to negate conditions before they take effect, as opposed to the situation I described where it's a simple tactical decision that can negate the effect. | |
| Mar 8, 2011 at 15:33 | comment | added | AceCalhoon | @dpatch I've updated my answer to (hopefully) be a little more targeted towards your actual question. | |
| Mar 8, 2011 at 15:32 | history | edited | AceCalhoon | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 8, 2011 at 14:27 | comment | added | AceCalhoon | @dpatch Well, it sort of comes down to what you're trying to do with the readied daze. If you're trying to stop a monster from attacking a specific target by readying after they move, your readied action always "works:" either they waste their attack before moving on a different target (which may not be possible), or the daze ends their turn. I find that to be an interesting tactical choice. And even if you ready when you aren't in a position to maximize the daze, you still get secondary power effects. BUT, house rules are very much a YMMV situation. Your option 2 isn't unreasonable. | |
| Mar 8, 2011 at 12:35 | comment | added | dpatchery | I see your point. However readying an attack only to have it not trigger is a little less punishing than expending a power and having it do next to nothing. | |
| Mar 7, 2011 at 20:56 | history | edited | AceCalhoon | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 7, 2011 at 20:36 | history | answered | AceCalhoon | CC BY-SA 2.5 |