So my party runs into an undead, the undead gets the surprise attack and charges one of the players and misses.
Then the fighter goes first (highest initiative) and swings at it with his mace and hits!
Sorcerer's turn is next (second-highest initiative) and decides he wants to cast Command Undead (sorcerer lvl 2 spell).
Is this possible? The spell says 'Any act by you or your apparent allies that threatens the commanded undead (regardless of its Intelligence) breaks the spell.'
The way I understand it, a round is 6 seconds and all actions of all the participants happen within those 6 seconds, there is some overlapping. Does the attacking of the fighter count as threatening the undead and thus breaking the spell?
If it does break the spell or prevent the sorcerer from using Command Undead, can the players stop attack for one round and use Command Undead then?
hehe...had a little discussion about this at the gaming table the other night and no one seems to know for sure, we're probably just being too picky over it lol