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[Zorglub]

Following some questions I had about the initiative system in the game, I came out with the following idea.

The character with the highest initiative score may choose between ONE of the following options:

1) acting first
2) calling a trigerred action (IF x happens, I do y)
3) delaying to 0.

So if the condition for the triggered action is not met, the character looses his round. Seems better balanced this way - there is alway the possibility the mage won't cast, so in this case he'll just spend his round "delaying" the mage - seems a fair trade and not as powerfull as always being able to interrupt. It will also make the players more involved, as they won't feel the possibility for an interrupt if you go first is totally random (someone happens to be casting at 0)

As this choice will involves just one character each round, I don't think it will make combats more tedious to run.

What do you think? Is this too powerfull? Will it lead to an arm race for better initiative scores? Does it make Agility too good a characteristic? Maybe initiative should depend on the average of Agility and Intellect for this to work better (I like this idea.)

Thanks!

Z

[JimmySwill]

I like the triggered option, actually. You'll have to let us know how it plays, but it seems like a dynamic but balanced advantage. Would the action come at the initiative following the triggering action?

Intellect/Agility is nice. Had I considered that, I might have done it.

Sounds like good Wayfarers Guild Journal material.
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[Zorglub]