I remember when we used to reroll initiative every round ages ago and we loved it. It gave us a sense of chaos during combat. I would like to see Next reintroduce this as a rule. How do you feel and why?
I voted no. I prefer d20 initiative over AD&D 2E one, as i find declaring actions and rolling every round rather than rolling once and simply playing your action as your turn comes up slow down the game, and often create awkward situation when you want to change action or when the action you declared becomes invalid.
d20 initiative just allow simpler and more fluid gameplay during combat IMO.
It referred to the old rule about it, not just rolling, so i asusmed it also implied action declaration.Well good thing the question was only about rolling initiative at the start of each round and not at all about declaring actions ahead of time.
It referred to the old rule about it, not just rolling, so i asusmed it also implied action declaration.
My conclusion remains the same - its faster to roll once.
It is faster, but it removes the usefulness of a lot of rules. Like weapon speeds and casting times.
If you had an initiative modifier based on your weapon (great sword -2 to initiative) and spell casting costs segments then it wouldn't matter about having more powerful spells at the same level.
It would also give reasons to use smaller damage weapons. I can see a Rogue getting a bonus or advantage to attack or sneak attack creatures that haven't gone yet in initiative order, and a light low damage weapon would allow them to go first more often.
There is a lot of tactical depth that could be added back into the game with this.