diff --git a/app/imports/api/creature/log/CreatureLogs.js b/app/imports/api/creature/log/CreatureLogs.js
index e4f03301..633d1ff3 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/creature/log/CreatureLogs.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/creature/log/CreatureLogs.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { parse, prettifyParseError } from '/imports/parser/parser';
 import resolve from '/imports/parser/resolve';
 import toString from '/imports/parser/toString';
 import STORAGE_LIMITS from '/imports/constants/STORAGE_LIMITS';
-import { assertUserInTabletop } from '/imports/api/tabletop/methods/shared/tabletopPermissions.js';
 
 const PER_CREATURE_LOG_LIMIT = 100;
 
@@ -39,17 +38,20 @@ let CreatureLogSchema = new SimpleSchema({
     },
     index: 1,
   },
+  // The acting creature initiating the logged events
   creatureId: {
     type: String,
-    regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
     index: 1,
   },
-  tabletopId: {
-    type: String,
-    regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
-    index: 1,
+  // creatures targeted by any of the logged events
+  targetIds: {
+    type: Array,
     optional: true,
   },
+  'targetIds.$': {
+    type: String,
+    index: 1,
+  },
   creatureName: {
     type: String,
     optional: true,
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ const insertCreatureLog = new ValidatedMethod({
   },
 });
 
-export function insertCreatureLogWork({ log, creature, tabletopId, method }) {
+export function insertCreatureLogWork({ log, creature, method }) {
   // Build the new log
   if (typeof log === 'string') {
     log = { content: [{ value: log }] };
@@ -151,7 +153,6 @@ export function insertCreatureLogWork({ log, creature, tabletopId, method }) {
     }
   });
   log.date = new Date();
-  if (tabletopId) log.tabletopId = tabletopId;
   if (creature && creature.tabletop) log.tabletopId = creature.tabletop;
   // Insert it
   let id = CreatureLogs.insert(log);
@@ -186,20 +187,15 @@ const logRoll = new ValidatedMethod({
     roll: {
       type: String,
     },
-    tabletopId: {
-      type: String,
-      regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
-      optional: true,
-    },
     creatureId: {
       type: String,
       regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
       optional: true,
     },
   }).validator(),
-  async run({ roll, tabletopId, creatureId }) {
-    if (!creatureId && !tabletopId) throw new Meteor.Error('no-id',
-      'A creature id or tabletop id must be given'
+  async run({ roll, creatureId }) {
+    if (!creatureId) throw new Meteor.Error('no-id',
+      'A creature id must be given'
     );
     let creature;
     if (creatureId) {
@@ -215,9 +211,6 @@ const logRoll = new ValidatedMethod({
       });
       assertEditPermission(creature, this.userId);
     }
-    if (tabletopId) {
-      assertUserInTabletop(tabletopId, this.userId);
-    }
     const variables = CreatureVariables.findOne({ _creatureId: creatureId }) || {};
     let logContent = []
     let parsedResult = undefined;
@@ -259,7 +252,7 @@ const logRoll = new ValidatedMethod({
       date: new Date(),
     };
 
-    let id = insertCreatureLogWork({ log, creature, tabletopId, method: this });
+    let id = insertCreatureLogWork({ log, creature, method: this });
 
     return id;
   },
diff --git a/app/imports/api/creature/log/LogContentSchema.ts b/app/imports/api/creature/log/LogContentSchema.ts
index af98b288..2599bb1a 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/creature/log/LogContentSchema.ts
+++ b/app/imports/api/creature/log/LogContentSchema.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ let LogContentSchema = new SimpleSchema({
     type: Boolean,
     optional: true,
   },
+  targetIds: {
+    type: Array,
+    optional: true,
+  },
+  'targetIds.$': {
+    type: String,
+  }
 });
 
 export default LogContentSchema;
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/action/EngineActions.ts b/app/imports/api/engine/action/EngineActions.ts
index 4d60063c..656eb7bc 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/action/EngineActions.ts
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/action/EngineActions.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import SimpleSchema from 'simpl-schema';
 import TaskResult from './tasks/TaskResult';
 import LogContentSchema from '/imports/api/creature/log/LogContentSchema';
-import { Mongo } from 'meteor/mongo';
 
 const EngineActions = new Mongo.Collection<EngineAction>('actions');
 
@@ -34,11 +33,6 @@ const ActionSchema = new SimpleSchema({
     type: String,
     regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
   },
-  userInputNeeded: {
-    type: Object,
-    optional: true,
-    blackbox: true,
-  },
 
   // Applied properties
   results: {
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/applyAction.ts b/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/applyAction.ts
index a7b1451f..240f4bcd 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/applyAction.ts
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/applyAction.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,24 @@ import { getSingleProperty } from '/imports/api/engine/loadCreatures';
 import applyTask from '/imports/api/engine/action/tasks/applyTask'
 import InputProvider from '/imports/api/engine/action/functions/userInput/InputProvider';
 import saveInputChoices from './userInput/saveInputChoices';
+import Task from '/imports/api/engine/action/tasks/Task';
 
 // TODO create a function to get the effective value of a property,
 // simulating all the result updates in the action so far
 
-// Apply an action
-// This is run once as a simulation on the client awaiting all the various inputs or step through
-// clicks from the user, then it is run as part of the runAction method, where it is expected to
-// complete instantly on the client, and sent to the server as a method call
+/**
+ * Apply an action
+ * This is run once as a simulation on the client awaiting all the various inputs or step through
+ * clicks from the user, then it is run as part of the runAction method, where it is expected to
+ * complete instantly on the client, and sent to the server as a method call
+ * @param action The action to apply
+ * @param userInput The input provider
+ * @param { Object } options
+ * @param { Task } options.task If provided, the action will start with this task instead of
+ * applying the root property of the action
+ */
 export default async function applyAction(action: EngineAction, userInput: InputProvider, options?: {
-  simulate?: boolean, stepThrough?: boolean
+  simulate?: boolean, stepThrough?: boolean, task?: Task,
 }) {
   const { simulate, stepThrough } = options || {};
   if (!simulate && stepThrough) throw 'Cannot step through unless simulating';
@@ -31,12 +39,15 @@ export default async function applyAction(action: EngineAction, userInput: Input
   action._stepThrough = stepThrough;
   action._isSimulation = simulate;
   action.taskCount = 0;
-  console.log(JSON.stringify(action, null, 2));
-  const prop = await getSingleProperty(action.creatureId, action.rootPropId);
-  if (!prop) throw new Meteor.Error('Not found', 'Root action property could not be found');
-  await applyTask(action, {
-    prop,
-    targetIds: action.targetIds || [],
-  }, userInput);
-  return { action, userInput };
+  let task = options?.task;
+  if (!task) {
+    const prop = await getSingleProperty(action.creatureId, action.rootPropId);
+    if (!prop) throw new Meteor.Error('Not found', 'Root action property could not be found');
+    task = options?.task || {
+      prop,
+      targetIds: action.targetIds || [],
+    }
+  }
+  await applyTask(action, task, userInput);
+  return action;
 }
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/mutationToLogUpdates.ts b/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/mutationToLogUpdates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a9fdfa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/mutationToLogUpdates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Mutation } from '/imports/api/engine/action/tasks/TaskResult';
+
+export default function mutationToLogUpdates(mutation: Mutation) {
+  if (!mutation.contents) return [];
+  const contents: any[] = [];
+  for (const content of mutation.contents) {
+    contents.push({
+      ...content,
+      targetIds: mutation.targetIds,
+    });
+  }
+  return contents;
+}
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/mutationToPropUpdates.ts b/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/mutationToPropUpdates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2afe5b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/mutationToPropUpdates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { Mutation } from '/imports/api/engine/action/tasks/TaskResult';
+import { newOperation } from '/imports/api/engine/shared/bulkWrite';
+
+export default function mutationToPropUpdates(mutation: Mutation) {
+  const bulkWriteOps: any[] = [];
+  // Updates to creature properties
+  if (mutation.updates) {
+    const propUpdatesById: Record<string, any> = {};
+    for (const update of mutation.updates) {
+      if (!propUpdatesById[update.propId]) {
+        propUpdatesById[update.propId] = newOperation(update.propId);
+      }
+      if (update.set) {
+        propUpdatesById[update.propId].updateOne.update.$set = {
+          ...propUpdatesById[update.propId].updateOne.update.$set,
+          ...update.set,
+        };
+      }
+      if (update.inc) {
+        propUpdatesById[update.propId].updateOne.update.$inc = {
+          ...propUpdatesById[update.propId].updateOne.update.$inc,
+          ...update.inc,
+        };
+      }
+    }
+    for (const id in propUpdatesById) {
+      bulkWriteOps.push(propUpdatesById[id]);
+    }
+  }
+  // Insert creature properties
+  if (mutation.inserts) for (const insertOne of mutation.inserts) {
+    bulkWriteOps.push({
+      insertOne
+    });
+  }
+  // Remove creature properties
+  if (mutation.removals) for (const removeOne of mutation.removals) {
+    bulkWriteOps.push({
+      removeOne,
+    });
+  }
+  return bulkWriteOps;
+}
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/writeActionResults.ts b/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/writeActionResults.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c862f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/writeActionResults.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import EngineActions, { EngineAction } from '/imports/api/engine/action/EngineActions';
+import mutationToPropUpdates from './mutationToPropUpdates';
+import mutationToLogUpdates from '/imports/api/engine/action/functions/mutationToLogUpdates';
+import { union } from 'lodash';
+import CreatureLogs from '/imports/api/creature/log/CreatureLogs';
+import bulkWrite from '/imports/api/engine/shared/bulkWrite';
+import CreatureProperties from '/imports/api/creature/creatureProperties/CreatureProperties';
+
+export default async function writeActionResults(action: EngineAction) {
+  if (!action._id) throw new Meteor.Error('type-error', 'Action does not have an _id');
+  EngineActions.remove(action._id);
+  const creaturePropUpdates: any[] = [];
+  const logContents: any[] = [];
+  // Collect all the updates and log content
+  action.results.forEach(result => {
+    result.mutations.forEach(mutation => {
+      creaturePropUpdates.push(...mutationToPropUpdates(mutation));
+      logContents.push(...mutationToLogUpdates(mutation));
+    });
+  });
+  const allTargetIds = union(...logContents.map(c => c.targetIds));
+
+  // Write the log
+  const logPromise = CreatureLogs.insertAsync({
+    content: logContents,
+    creatureId: action.creatureId,
+    targetIds: allTargetIds,
+  });
+
+  // Write the bulk updates
+  const bulkWritePromise = bulkWrite(creaturePropUpdates, CreatureProperties);
+
+  return Promise.all([logPromise, bulkWritePromise]);
+}
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/writeChangedAction.ts b/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/writeChangedAction.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c7ce9191..00000000
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/action/functions/writeChangedAction.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { isEmpty } from 'lodash'
-import EngineActions, { EngineAction, ActionSchema } from '/imports/api/engine/action/EngineActions';
-
-export default async function writeChangedAction(original: EngineAction, changed: EngineAction) {
-  const $set = {};
-  for (const key of ActionSchema.objectKeys()) {
-    if (!EJSON.equals(original[key], changed[key])) {
-      $set[key] = changed[key];
-    }
-  }
-  if (!isEmpty($set) && original._id) {
-    return EngineActions.updateAsync(original._id, { $set });
-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/action/methods/insertAction.ts b/app/imports/api/engine/action/methods/insertAction.ts
index ac0f0881..ebafe622 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/action/methods/insertAction.ts
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/action/methods/insertAction.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ export const insertAction = new ValidatedMethod({
   validate: new SimpleSchema({
     action: ActionSchema
   }).validator({ clean: true }),
-  run: async function ({ action }: { action: EngineAction }) {
+  run: function ({ action }: { action: EngineAction }) {
     assertEditPermission(getCreature(action.creatureId), this.userId);
     // First remove all other actions on this creature
     // only do one action at a time, don't wait for this to finish
-    EngineActions.removeAsync({ creatureId: action.creatureId });
+    EngineActions.remove({ creatureId: action.creatureId });
     // Force a random id even if one was provided, we may use it later as the seed for PRNG
     delete action._id;
-    return EngineActions.insertAsync(action);
+    return EngineActions.insert(action);
   },
 });
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/action/methods/runAction.ts b/app/imports/api/engine/action/methods/runAction.ts
index 52e9dc81..ad7f91eb 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/action/methods/runAction.ts
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/action/methods/runAction.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import EngineActions from '/imports/api/engine/action/EngineActions';
 import { assertEditPermission } from '/imports/api/sharing/sharingPermissions';
 import { getCreature } from '/imports/api/engine/loadCreatures';
 import applyAction from '/imports/api/engine/action/functions/applyAction';
-import writeChangedAction from '../functions/writeChangedAction';
+import writeActionResults from '../functions/writeActionResults';
 import getReplayChoicesInputProvider from '/imports/api/engine/action/functions/userInput/getReplayChoicesInputProvider';
 
 export const runAction = new ValidatedMethod({
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const runAction = new ValidatedMethod({
       blackbox: true,
     },
   }).validator(),
-  run: async function ({ actionId, decisions }: { actionId: string, decisions: any[] }) {
+  run: async function ({ actionId, decisions = [] }: { actionId: string, decisions?: any[] }) {
     // Get the action
     const action = await EngineActions.findOneAsync(actionId);
     if (!action) throw new Meteor.Error('not-found', 'Action not found');
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ export const runAction = new ValidatedMethod({
     // Permissions
     assertEditPermission(getCreature(action.creatureId), this.userId);
 
-    // Keep a copy of the original so that a diff can be done later to store what changed
-    const originalAction = EJSON.clone(action);
-
     // Replay the user's decisions as user input
     const userInput = getReplayChoicesInputProvider(actionId, decisions);
 
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ export const runAction = new ValidatedMethod({
     applyAction(action, userInput);
 
     // Persist changes
-    const writePromise = writeChangedAction(originalAction, action);
+    const writePromise = writeActionResults(action);
     return writePromise;
   },
 });
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/action/tasks/applyTask.ts b/app/imports/api/engine/action/tasks/applyTask.ts
index ff3ee0fa..38030d6e 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/action/tasks/applyTask.ts
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/action/tasks/applyTask.ts
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ export default async function applyTask(
   action: EngineAction, task: PropTask | ItemAsAmmoTask, inputProvider: InputProvider
 ): Promise<void>
 
+export default async function applyTask(
+  action: EngineAction, task: Task, inputProvider: InputProvider
+): Promise<void | number>
+
 export default async function applyTask(
   action: EngineAction, task: Task, inputProvider: InputProvider
 ): Promise<void | number> {
 
   // Pause and wait for the user if the action is being stepped through
-  console.log('applying task', action, inputProvider)
   if (action._isSimulation && action._stepThrough && inputProvider.nextStep) {
-    console.log('waiting for next step resolution', task)
     await inputProvider.nextStep(task);
   }
 
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/computation/writeComputation/writeAlteredProperties.js b/app/imports/api/engine/computation/writeComputation/writeAlteredProperties.js
index 638a481b..6dbb766a 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/computation/writeComputation/writeAlteredProperties.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/computation/writeComputation/writeAlteredProperties.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor'
-import { EJSON } from 'meteor/ejson';
 import CreatureProperties from '/imports/api/creature/creatureProperties/CreatureProperties';
 import propertySchemasIndex from '/imports/api/properties/computedOnlyPropertySchemasIndex';
+import bulkWrite, { addSetOp, addUnsetOp, newOperation } from '/imports/api/engine/shared/bulkWrite';
 
 export default function writeAlteredProperties(computation) {
   let bulkWriteOperations = [];
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ export default function writeAlteredProperties(computation) {
       bulkWriteOperations.push(op);
     }
   });
-  bulkWriteProperties(bulkWriteOperations);
+  bulkWrite(bulkWriteOperations, CreatureProperties);
   //if (bulkWriteOperations.length) console.log(`Wrote ${bulkWriteOperations.length} props`);
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ function addChangedKeysToOp(op, keys, original, changed) {
   // and compile an operation that sets all those keys
   for (let key of keys) {
     if (!EJSON.equals(original[key], changed[key])) {
-      if (!op) op = newOperation(original._id, changed.type);
+      if (!op) op = newOperation(original._id);
       let value = changed[key];
       if (value === undefined) {
         // Unset values that become undefined
@@ -55,70 +54,3 @@ function addChangedKeysToOp(op, keys, original, changed) {
   }
   return op;
 }
-
-function newOperation(_id, type) {
-  let newOp = {
-    updateOne: {
-      filter: { _id },
-      update: {},
-    }
-  };
-  if (Meteor.isClient) {
-    newOp.type = type;
-  }
-  return newOp;
-}
-
-function addSetOp(op, key, value) {
-  if (op.updateOne.update.$set) {
-    op.updateOne.update.$set[key] = value;
-  } else {
-    op.updateOne.update.$set = { [key]: value };
-  }
-}
-
-function addUnsetOp(op, key) {
-  if (op.updateOne.update.$unset) {
-    op.updateOne.update.$unset[key] = 1;
-  } else {
-    op.updateOne.update.$unset = { [key]: 1 };
-  }
-}
-
-// If we re-enable client-side sheet recalculation, this needs to be run on
-// both client and server to preserve latency compensation. Bulkwrite breaks
-// latency compensation and causes flickering
-function writePropertiesSequentially(bulkWriteOps) {
-  bulkWriteOps.forEach(op => {
-    let updateOneOrMany = op.updateOne || op.updateMany;
-    CreatureProperties.update(updateOneOrMany.filter, updateOneOrMany.update, {
-      // The bulk code is bypassing validation, so do the same here
-      // selector: {type: op.type} // include this if bypass is off
-      bypassCollection2: true,
-    });
-  });
-  //if (bulkWriteOps.length) console.log(`Wrote ${bulkWriteOps.length} props`);
-}
-
-// This is more efficient on the database, but significantly less efficient
-// in the UI because of incompatibility with latency compensation. If the
-// duplicate redraws can be fixed, this is a strictly better way of processing
-// writes
-function bulkWriteProperties(bulkWriteOps) {
-  if (!bulkWriteOps.length) return;
-  // bulkWrite is only available on the server
-  if (Meteor.isServer) {
-    CreatureProperties.rawCollection().bulkWrite(
-      bulkWriteOps,
-      { ordered: false },
-      function (e) {
-        if (e) {
-          console.error('Bulk write failed: ');
-          console.error(e);
-        }
-      }
-    );
-  } else {
-    writePropertiesSequentially(bulkWriteOps);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/shared/bulkWrite.ts b/app/imports/api/engine/shared/bulkWrite.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3128327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/shared/bulkWrite.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// This is more efficient on the database, but significantly less efficient
+// in the UI because of incompatibility with latency compensation. If the
+// duplicate redraws can be fixed, this is a strictly better way of processing
+// writes
+export default function bulkWrite(bulkWriteOps, collection): void | Promise<any> {
+  if (!bulkWriteOps.length) return;
+  // bulkWrite is only available on the server
+  if (!Meteor.isServer) {
+    return writePropertiesSequentially(bulkWriteOps, collection);
+  }
+  return collection.rawCollection().bulkWrite(
+    bulkWriteOps,
+    { ordered: false }
+  );
+}
+
+// If we re-enable client-side sheet recalculation, this needs to be run on
+// both client and server to preserve latency compensation. Bulkwrite breaks
+// latency compensation and causes flickering
+function writePropertiesSequentially(bulkWriteOps: any[], collection: Mongo.Collection<any>) {
+  bulkWriteOps.forEach(op => {
+    const updateOneOrMany = op.updateOne || op.updateMany;
+    collection.update(updateOneOrMany.filter, updateOneOrMany.update, {
+      // The bulk code is bypassing validation, so do the same here
+      // @ts-expect-error Collection 2 has no typescript support
+      bypassCollection2: true,
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+export function newOperation(_id) {
+  const newOp = {
+    updateOne: {
+      filter: { _id },
+      update: {},
+    }
+  };
+  return newOp;
+}
+
+export function addSetOp(op, key, value) {
+  if (op.updateOne.update.$set) {
+    op.updateOne.update.$set[key] = value;
+  } else {
+    op.updateOne.update.$set = { [key]: value };
+  }
+}
+
+export function addUnsetOp(op, key) {
+  if (op.updateOne.update.$unset) {
+    op.updateOne.update.$unset[key] = 1;
+  } else {
+    op.updateOne.update.$unset = { [key]: 1 };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/imports/client/ui/creature/actions/doAction.ts b/app/imports/client/ui/creature/actions/doAction.ts
index cd501f62..19e6fc03 100644
--- a/app/imports/client/ui/creature/actions/doAction.ts
+++ b/app/imports/client/ui/creature/actions/doAction.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,31 @@
+import { Store } from 'vuex';
 import { insertAction } from '/imports/api/engine/action/methods/insertAction';
+import Task from '/imports/api/engine/action/tasks/Task';
+import EngineActions, { EngineAction } from '/imports/api/engine/action/EngineActions';
+import InputProvider from '/imports/api/engine/action/functions/userInput/InputProvider';
+import applyAction from '/imports/api/engine/action/functions/applyAction';
+import { runAction } from '/imports/api/engine/action/methods/runAction';
 
-export default async function doAction(prop: any, $store, elementId) {
-  const actionId = await insertAction.call({
+/**
+ * Apply an action on the client that first creates the action on both the client and server, then 
+ * simulates the action, opening the action dialog if necessary to get input from the user, saving
+ * the decisions the user makes, then applying the  action as a method call to the server with the
+ * saved decisions, which will persist the action results.
+ * 
+ * @param prop The property initializing the action, if no task is applied the property will be 
+ * applied as the starting point of the action
+ * @param $store The Vuex store instance that has the dialog stack
+ * @param elementId The element to animate the dialog from if a dialog needs to open
+ * @param task The task to apply instead of applying the property itself
+ */
+export default async function doAction(
+  prop: { _id: string, root: { id: string } },
+  $store: Store<any>,
+  elementId: string,
+  task?: Task,
+) {
+  // Create the action
+  const actionId = insertAction.call({
     action: {
       creatureId: prop.root.id,
       rootPropId: prop._id,
@@ -9,11 +33,49 @@ export default async function doAction(prop: any, $store, elementId) {
       taskCount: 0,
     }
   });
-  $store.commit('pushDialogStack', {
-    component: 'action-dialog',
-    elementId,
-    data: {
-      actionId,
-    },
-  });
+
+  // Get the inserted and cleaned action instance
+  const action = EngineActions.findOne(actionId);
+
+  if (!action) throw new Meteor.Error('not-found', 'The action could not be found');
+
+  // Applying the action is deterministic, so we apply it, if it asks for user input, we escape and 
+  // create a dialog that will re-apply the action, but with the ability to actually get input
+  // Either way, call the action method afterwards
+  try {
+    const finishedAction = await applyAction(
+      action, errorOnInputRequest, { simulate: true, task }
+    );
+    return callActionMethod(finishedAction);
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (e !== 'input-requested') throw e;
+    return new Promise(resolve => {
+      $store.commit('pushDialogStack', {
+        component: 'action-dialog',
+        elementId,
+        data: {
+          actionId,
+        },
+        async callback(action, decisions) {
+          resolve(await callActionMethod(action, decisions));
+        },
+      });
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+const callActionMethod = (action: EngineAction, decisions?: any[]) => {
+  if (!action._id) throw new Meteor.Error('type-error', 'Action must have and _id');
+  return runAction.call({ actionId: action._id, decisions });
+}
+
+const throwInputRequestedError = () => {
+  throw 'input-requested';
+}
+
+const errorOnInputRequest: InputProvider = {
+  nextStep: throwInputRequestedError,
+  rollDice: throwInputRequestedError,
+  choose: throwInputRequestedError,
+  advantage: throwInputRequestedError,
 }
diff --git a/app/imports/client/ui/creature/actions/doClientAction.ts b/app/imports/client/ui/creature/actions/doClientAction.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b00d1fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/imports/client/ui/creature/actions/doClientAction.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * Apply an action on the client that first creates the action on both the client and server, then 
+ * simulates the action, opening the action dialog if necessary to get input from the user, saving
+ * the decisions the user makes, then applying the  action as a method call to the server with the
+ * saved decisions, which will persist the action results.
+ */
+
+import Task from '/imports/api/engine/action/tasks/Task';
+
+export default function doClientAction(propIdOrTask: string | Task) {
+
+}