BelgarathTAO
First Post
I am sure this has been brought up in the past, but has anyone come-up with a viable system of re-adding weapon speed as a factor in initiative?
It always frustrates me when a lumbering Ogre can move 30 feet and swing a great axe faster than my rogue can toss a throwing dagger. I know that in most cases this should not happen, but even with an init bonus of +10, it is not very hard for the DM to roll higher.
The system I imagine would be based on the size of the weapon that is readied. Example: a medium size weapon does not modify your initiative. For each step larger, you get –2, and for each step smaller, you get +2.
I see two problems with this, but I think that they can be worked out:
Spells: What is their initiative? Does it add or subtract? My first thought would be no change.
Changing weapons in combat: Since init. is only rolled once, if you change your weapon, you would still have the faster init. Many people feel that after the first round it no longer matters, but I highly disagree with that. I propose that any change of weapon would re-adjust your init as if you rolled it with that weapon.
Any thoughts on this, or alternates as to what you have used?
Belgarath the Ancient One
It always frustrates me when a lumbering Ogre can move 30 feet and swing a great axe faster than my rogue can toss a throwing dagger. I know that in most cases this should not happen, but even with an init bonus of +10, it is not very hard for the DM to roll higher.
The system I imagine would be based on the size of the weapon that is readied. Example: a medium size weapon does not modify your initiative. For each step larger, you get –2, and for each step smaller, you get +2.
I see two problems with this, but I think that they can be worked out:
Spells: What is their initiative? Does it add or subtract? My first thought would be no change.
Changing weapons in combat: Since init. is only rolled once, if you change your weapon, you would still have the faster init. Many people feel that after the first round it no longer matters, but I highly disagree with that. I propose that any change of weapon would re-adjust your init as if you rolled it with that weapon.
Any thoughts on this, or alternates as to what you have used?
Belgarath the Ancient One