Actions

During an encounter, you get 3 actions and 1 reaction per turn. Icons indicate whether your abilities take a single action Single Action, 2 actions Two Actions, 3 actions Three Actions, a reaction Reaction, or a free action Free Action. Reactions have Triggers , allowing you to take them whenever they come up. The Ready basic action lets you prepare to use a single action as a reaction. Free actions can have triggers like reactions; a free action with no trigger can be used like a single action, but don't cost any of your actions for the turn. The most important actions to learn are the basic actions . Specialty basic actions come up less frequently, and you typically won't look them up until you need them. Speaking normally doesn't take an action. Related: Activities, disrupting actions