diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/Action.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/Action.java
index 18c1f2de4..02ca835df 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/Action.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/Action.java
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
     protected ActionThread actionThread;
     protected ScriptContainer reportTo;
 
+    //allows chaining .before() and .after() on unscheduled actions
+    protected ActionList unscheduledList;
+
     public Action(ActionManager manager, String name) {
         this.manager = manager;
         this.name = name;
@@ -337,61 +340,6 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Sequential
 
-    protected Action unscheduledBefore, unscheduledAfter;
-
-    protected LinkedList<Action> allUnscheduledBefore() {
-        Action before = unscheduledBefore;
-
-        LinkedList<Action> befores = new LinkedList<>();
-        while (before != null) {
-            befores.addFirst(before);
-            before = before.unscheduledBefore;
-        }
-
-        return befores;
-    }
-
-    protected void scheduleAllBefore(Deque<IAction> deque) {
-        allUnscheduledBefore().forEach((bef) -> {
-            if (bef.unscheduledAfter != null)
-                bef.unscheduledAfter.unscheduledBefore = null;
-            bef.unscheduledAfter = null;
-
-            deque.addLast(bef);
-
-            if (bef.queue != queue)
-                bef.queue = queue;
-
-            bef.isScheduled = true;
-        });
-    }
-
-    protected LinkedList<Action> allUnscheduledAfter() {
-        Action after = unscheduledAfter;
-
-        LinkedList<Action> afters = new LinkedList<>();
-        while (after != null) {
-            afters.add(after);
-            after = after.unscheduledAfter;
-        }
-        return afters;
-    }
-
-    protected void scheduleAllAfter(Deque<IAction> deque) {
-        allUnscheduledAfter().forEach((aft) -> {
-            if (aft.unscheduledBefore != null)
-                aft.unscheduledBefore.unscheduledAfter = null;
-            aft.unscheduledBefore = null;
-
-            deque.addLast(aft);
-
-            if (aft.queue != queue)
-                aft.queue = queue;
-
-            aft.isScheduled = true;
-        });
-    }
-
     @Override
     public IAction getNext() {
         if (queue == null)
@@ -429,12 +377,13 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
             return conditional((IConditionalAction) after);
 
         int idx = queue == null ? -1 : queue.getIndex(this);
-        if (idx >= 0)
+        if (idx >= 0 && !queue.isParallel())
             queue.scheduleActionAt(idx + 1, after);
         else {
-            Action aft = (Action) after;
-            unscheduledAfter = aft;
-            aft.unscheduledBefore = this;
+            if (unscheduledList == null)
+                unscheduledList = new ActionList(this);
+
+            unscheduledList.after(this, (Action) after);
         }
         return after;
     }
@@ -486,12 +435,13 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
             return conditional((IConditionalAction) before);
 
         int idx = queue == null ? -1 : queue.getIndex(this);
-        if (idx >= 0)
+        if (idx >= 0 && !queue.isParallel())
             queue.scheduleActionAt(Math.max(0, idx), before);
         else {
-            Action bef = (Action) before;
-            unscheduledBefore = bef;
-            bef.unscheduledAfter = this;
+            if (unscheduledList == null)
+                unscheduledList = new ActionList(this);
+
+            unscheduledList.before(this, (Action) before);
         }
         return before;
     }
@@ -528,6 +478,9 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
 
     @Override
     public IAction parallel(IAction act) {
+        if (unscheduledList != null)
+            ((Action) act).unscheduledList = unscheduledList;
+
         if (queue != null && queue.isParallel() && queue != manager.conditionalQueue)
             return queue.schedule(act);
 
@@ -576,6 +529,9 @@ public class Action implements IAction {
 
     @Override
     public IConditionalAction conditional(IConditionalAction after) {
+        if (unscheduledList != null)
+            ((Action) after).unscheduledList = unscheduledList;
+
         return manager.schedule(after);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/ActionList.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/ActionList.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79ad8bcc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/ActionList.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package noppes.npcs.controllers.data.action;
+
+import noppes.npcs.api.handler.data.IAction;
+import noppes.npcs.api.handler.data.IActionQueue;
+
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public class ActionList {
+
+    protected final LinkedList<Action> list = new LinkedList<>();
+    protected final Action first;
+    protected IActionQueue originalQueue;
+
+    public ActionList(Action action) {
+        list.addFirst(first = action);
+        originalQueue = action.getQueue();
+    }
+
+    public Action after(Action current, Action aft) {
+        int currentIndex = list.indexOf(current);
+
+        if (currentIndex == -1)
+            list.addLast(aft);
+        else
+            list.add(currentIndex + 1, aft);
+
+        aft.unscheduledList = this;
+        return aft;
+    }
+
+    public Action before(Action current, Action bef) {
+        int currentIndex = list.indexOf(current);
+
+        if (currentIndex == -1)
+            list.addLast(bef);
+        else
+            list.add(Math.max(0, currentIndex), bef);
+
+        bef.unscheduledList = this;
+        return bef;
+    }
+
+    public ActionList scheduleAll(IActionQueue queue) {
+        list.forEach(act -> {
+            queue.getQueue().add(act);
+            act.queue = queue;
+            act.isScheduled = true;
+        });
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ActionList forEach(Consumer<Action> task) {
+        list.forEach(task);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public ActionList kill() {
+        list.clear();
+        return this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/ActionQueue.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/ActionQueue.java
index a6fc2c054..d611a70fd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/ActionQueue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/controllers/data/action/ActionQueue.java
@@ -116,14 +116,13 @@ public class ActionQueue implements IActionQueue {
 
         act.isScheduled = true;
 
-        if (!isParallel && act.unscheduledBefore != null)
-            act.scheduleAllBefore(queue);
+        if (!isParallel && act.unscheduledList != null) {
+            act.unscheduledList.scheduleAll(this).forEach((act1) -> act1.unscheduledList = null).kill();
+            return action;
+        }
 
         queue.addLast(action);
 
-        if (!isParallel && act.unscheduledAfter != null)
-            act.scheduleAllAfter(queue);
-
         return action;
     }
 
@@ -183,6 +182,7 @@ public class ActionQueue implements IActionQueue {
             queue.clear();
             queue.addAll(tmp);
         }
+        ((Action) action).queue = this;
         ((Action) action).isScheduled = true;
         return action;
     }