RE: d20 Initiative (was [DL] Re: [WW] Re: Systems [Veering OT])

["William Ogden" <w_ogden@hotmail.com>]

refocusing gives you something to do if you can't think of anything else to 
do.  If you have something to do, be it attack, cast a useful spell, or run 
like heck, do it.  But if the GM asks you for your actoin and you say, 
"uhhhhhhhhh..." the best thing to do is either Delay or refocus.
That's pretty much it, and the game designers have said as much.

Improvied init is only of use to rogues who can surprise strike, because it 
gives they a higher chance of going before the foes get their first action 
and thus are no longer flat-footed.

Other than that, you are correct, after a while there is no difference 
between going last in one round and going first in the next.


>From: "Clint Black" <cblack@ohtinc.com>
>Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
>Subject: RE: d20 Initiative (was [DL] Re: [WW] Re: Systems [Veering OT])
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:26:47 -0400
>
>
>Damn you, Shanester!  ;-)
>
>
>You just had to mention one of my major problems with d20.  Initiative!
>
>The refocus (the word you were looking for) action is a crock.  Improved
>Initiative feat is nearly (I said nearly) worthless.  Listen carefully and 
>I
>will explain.
><example snipped?

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