Initiative

[Naaman]

I've nevwr done it like this, but I think that the ways you mentioned would work.

I can think of a couple more.

Of the two rolls being used, which ever character has the higher PER wins.

The side whose second highest roll was higher wins.

Whoever's wild die was higher wins.

Let each side declare actions, and give the opportunity to go second in exchange for the ability to roll reactions without a MAP (if both sides choose this option, reroll initiative as it was a "stalemate").

Just a couple thoughts.

[Dredwulf60]

The way I handle initiative;

Each character (and NPC group) rolls their initiative.

As GM I have a little tally sheet with each character name at the top of the column.

Each player in turn tells me their initiative roll and how many actions their character intends to take, which I jot down.

# of actions: you can only take multiple actions if you rolled high enough.

10 or less= max of 1 action
11-20 = max of 2 actions
21-30= max of 3 actions
ETC

This becomes pretty intuitive because starting with the highest initiative roll, that character takes his first action. I then cross off that total and subtract 10.

Whoever now has the new highest total acts. This continues until all actions have been taken by all characters. If anyone holds their action, i just circle the number and carry on to the next highest.

Sometimes really high roller get to act multiple times before low rollers take a singe action.
MAPs applied as normal, except dodges don't count as actions...


Dodges:
any character who uses their dodge skill gets to dodge an attack. Drop initiative total by -5.

At the end of the round, if a character has less than 0 initiative they subtract 1d from their next initiative roll per -5.

This represents taking cover to the point of being suppressed...the character can fewer actions; no actions if they are down to 0 initiative dice.

CP can be spent to get some initiative dice.

[garhkal]

So you use an individual initiative system.
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[Dredwulf60]

Yes. Individual for the PCs. The NPCs I often lump into groups for efficiency.

[shootingwomprats]

[Dredwulf60]

Do you guys subtract 10 from each character's initiative total each time they take an action?

I think I ported that over from Shadowrun.

It's a good limit on the number of actions available; I saw there was some discussion on other threads about how many actions characters can take in a round.

[garhkal]