Albions_Angel
2014-10-24, 11:45 AM
Hi there
Quick premise.
Assume someone at your table is playing a level 1 duskblade. No arcane channeling (yet).
They carry a Guisarme. They are fighting a single opponant who does not have reach. Ie, they are 10 feet away and not threatening the player.
Player casts Shocking Grasp, a standard action.
Now, if he was 5 feet away, he casts and makes the touch attack in the same action, all perfectly legal, but he also provokes. As he is 10 feet away, the LOGICAL thing to do is cast (1 standard action) 5' step and touch. But I have a sneaking suspicion that is not allowed. He is basically interrupting the action in which shocking grasp is cast to take a 5 foot step.
Now, I am asking because my head is telling me that this should be possible thematically. I mean you cast the damn thing and it sits on your hand, surely a step forward before you move your hand towards your enemy is allowed, but then again when was the last time that DnD actually made sense?
So help please. If I am 10 feet away from an enemy, and I wish to cast shocking grasp, 5' step and make the attack, would I have to wait another full round and split the action across 2 initiatives? Or is that a valid thing to do in one round?
Quick premise.
Assume someone at your table is playing a level 1 duskblade. No arcane channeling (yet).
They carry a Guisarme. They are fighting a single opponant who does not have reach. Ie, they are 10 feet away and not threatening the player.
Player casts Shocking Grasp, a standard action.
Now, if he was 5 feet away, he casts and makes the touch attack in the same action, all perfectly legal, but he also provokes. As he is 10 feet away, the LOGICAL thing to do is cast (1 standard action) 5' step and touch. But I have a sneaking suspicion that is not allowed. He is basically interrupting the action in which shocking grasp is cast to take a 5 foot step.
Now, I am asking because my head is telling me that this should be possible thematically. I mean you cast the damn thing and it sits on your hand, surely a step forward before you move your hand towards your enemy is allowed, but then again when was the last time that DnD actually made sense?
So help please. If I am 10 feet away from an enemy, and I wish to cast shocking grasp, 5' step and make the attack, would I have to wait another full round and split the action across 2 initiatives? Or is that a valid thing to do in one round?