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If you have Readied an Action and the initiative count reaches your turn in the order again without the trigger condition being satisfied, then you have lost your Readied action.  Note that Readying an Action does NOT change your initiative number, and thus is very different than Holding your action.  Note further that you can meet your trigger conditions even in a different round than when you Readied, and still take you normal action that turn.  This is not a violation of the 'only one action per round' rule, because technically, when you Ready and Action, you are taking your entire turn immediately to set up the triggered action. The only time yo lose the readied action is if your initiative comes up again before the trigger is met.
If you have Readied an Action and the initiative count reaches your turn in the order again without the trigger condition being satisfied, then you have lost your Readied action.  Note that Readying an Action does NOT change your initiative number, and thus is very different than Holding your action.  Note further that you can meet your trigger conditions even in a different round than when you Readied, and still take you normal action that turn.  This is not a violation of the 'only one action per round' rule, because technically, when you Ready and Action, you are taking your entire turn immediately to set up the triggered action. The only time yo lose the readied action is if your initiative comes up again before the trigger is met.


===Performing a Coup-De-Grace===
==Coup-de-Grace==
When you have a foe completely at your mercy, you can choose to show it the cruelest mercy of all, namely, by killing it.
When you have a foe completely at your mercy, you can choose to show it the cruelest mercy of all, namely, by killing it.



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