Had a 5e session today, with a player wanting to delay his turn. Since Delay was removed and Ready was the closest option, we tried to use it. In this situation his trigger action was to wait until the cleric could heal him, then he would run to another location.
Unfortunately the cleric had already taken an action for the turn, meaning it couldn't trigger until the next round, so he was faced with standing in the fray, within a breath of death, creatures still able to attack. Since he can't change his initiative order with Delay anymore, we would like to know if a Readied action will extend into the next round?
Best Answer
Readied actions last until the start of your next turn, which means yes, they extend into the next round of combat. As per the PHB errata:
So regardless of whether the cleric has already acted this round, the Readied action would still carry over into the next round and trigger when the cleric heals the other player that round, so long as it's done before the start of the other player's turn.