New Posts For Thread: What does 'Can't take reactions until its next turn' mean?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29593301/What_does_Cant_take_reactions_until_its_next_turn_meanFrom the spell:Shocking Grasp Evocation CantripLightning wreathes your hand and delivers a brutal shock to the creature you touch. Effect: Make a magic attack to touch a creature of your choice. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 lightning damage andThey accomplish the same effect in this case, but in general, EoNT functions as a "two round" benefit. My objection is not to EoNT as far as Shocking Grasp goes, but rather an objection to EoNT as a game construct that would be used for other thingshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29593301/What_does_Cant_take_reactions_until_its_next_turn_mean?post_id=527341497#527341497They accomplish the same effect in this case, but in general, EoNT functions as a "two round" benefit. My objection is not to EoNT as far as Shocking Grasp goes, but rather an objection to EoNT as a game construct that would be used for other thingsWed, 19 Dec 2012 10:33:58 -0600Right, that was why my initial solution was "end of your next turn". It's only when somebody implied that the primary purpose of it should be for the caster's own benefit on the turn that it is used that I suggested "end of your current turn". Both ahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29593301/What_does_Cant_take_reactions_until_its_next_turn_mean?post_id=527341357#527341357Right, that was why my initial solution was "end of your next turn". It's only when somebody implied that the primary purpose of it should be for the caster's own benefit on the turn that it is used that I suggested "end of your current turn". Both aWed, 19 Dec 2012 10:29:09 -0600Right...Start of your next turn.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29593301/What_does_Cant_take_reactions_until_its_next_turn_mean?post_id=527341067#527341067Right...Start of your next turn.Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:18:16 -0600Then why not just prevent them from taking reactions until the end of your current turn?[/quote]Because it also allows other people to benefit from it, potentially."End of your next turn" is a really clunky concept with odd results. I'm not sorry tohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29593301/What_does_Cant_take_reactions_until_its_next_turn_mean?post_id=527340755#527340755Then why not just prevent them from taking reactions until the end of your current turn?[/quote]Because it also allows other people to benefit from it, potentially."End of your next turn" is a really clunky concept with odd results. I'm not sorry toWed, 19 Dec 2012 10:05:51 -0600Then why not just prevent them from taking reactions until the end of your current turn?[/quote]I suppose that the thinking may be that they want to avoid having one character's available actions be dependant on another character's turn-cycle becausehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29593301/What_does_Cant_take_reactions_until_its_next_turn_mean?post_id=527340651#527340651Then why not just prevent them from taking reactions until the end of your current turn?[/quote]I suppose that the thinking may be that they want to avoid having one character's available actions be dependant on another character's turn-cycle becauseWed, 19 Dec 2012 10:01:13 -0600