OOC - General Chat 03
Could someone link me the source document (or tell me where to find it) listing which pact triggers are free actions? I have access to both the compendium and the character builder and neither state that Fate of the Void requires anything from the character to trigger. Only the Darkspiral Aura retributive effect (immediate Interrupt) and the elemental pact (immediate reaction). Here is the exact phrasing from the compendium for Star Pact:
When an enemy under your Warlock’s Curse is reduced to 0 hit points or fewer, you gain a +1 bonus to any single d20 roll you make before the end of your next turn (attack roll, saving throw, skill check, or ability check). If you don’t use this bonus by the end of your turn, it is lost.
This bonus is cumulative; if three cursed enemies drop to 0 hit points or fewer before your next turn, you gain a +3 bonus to a d20 roll during your turn.
Here is the description of Eldritch Pact:
You have forged a pact with mysterious entities that grant you your arcane powers. Choose one pact. The pacts presented in the Player’s Handbook are the fey pact, the infernal pact, and the star pact. Other products present additional pacts. The pact you choose determines the following warlock abilities:
At-Will Spells: Your pact determines one of the at-will spells you know.
Pact Boon: Each pact includes a pact boon. The pact boon is a granted power you can use to further hex your enemies.
The pact you take also provides bonuses to certain warlock powers. Individual powers detail the effects (if any) your Eldritch Pact selection has on them.
And here is the entry for free actions:
Free actions take almost no time or effort. A creature can usually take as many free actions as it wants during any turn, including other creatures’ turns. Examples: Speaking a few sentences, dropping a held item, letting go of a grabbed creature.
There is an exception to this rule: A creature can take a free action to use an attack power only once per turn. Creatures don’t normally have attack powers that can be used as free actions, but some powers and other effects grant the ability to use an attack power (usually a basic attack) as a free action. For instance, a character might have two different abilities that let him or her make a melee basic attack as a free action when their respective triggers occur. If both abilities are triggered on the same turn, the character can make only one of the melee basic attacks during that turn. This limitation does not apply to free actions that a creature is forced to take by an enemy.
In certain circumstances, the DM might decide to limit the use of free actions further. For instance, if an adventurer has already used free actions during a particular turn to talk, drop things, and use a class feature, the DM might rule that the adventurer can use no more free actions during that turn.
Action Description
Delay Put off a turn until later in the initiative order
Drop held items Drop any items currently held
End a grab Let go of an enemy
Spend an action point Spend an action point to take an extra action (once per encounter, not in a surprise round)
Talk Speak a few sentences
To me, it sounds like the Pact Boon triggers whether I want it to or not. That could be important in certain situations, like if I am unconscious, stunned, petrified or what have you.
Of course, if we cannot find the source information to say it is a free action, but we believe that it is 'rules as intended' or we just want to make that call, that's fine too :)
EDIT: Just noticed that the Fey Pact "Misty Step" specifically states that it is a Free Action. The others do not.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:05, Tue 25 Apr 2017.