Is there a way to delay animations for a few frames?

Is there a way to delay the beginning of an attack or magic animation?

depends on exactly what you want to achieve, can you describe that in detail?

for example if you only want it to appear to be delayed, you could simply add a few empty frames at the beginning of the animation.
if you want something else, you might have to resort to a plugin that introduces action sequences for example

I am trying to use an animation with Moghunters EmergeMotion plugin and there is a need for about 1/4th of a second delay before the animation I intend to use triggers. The animations are currently running 30 FPS but after reading what you said above I think I can add a few rows of 5 frames to offset the animation, that might work. Thanks.