[3.5e] Refocus... gone!

[The Little Raven]

Because initiative is cyclical, the actual number doesn't really matter after the first round. What does matter is turn order, which, with the refocus action in 3.0, could be altered. Now that the delay action works cyclically, it can be used to (effectively) change turn order in the same way. In essence, refocus wasn't trashed completely, it was folded into delay (sure, delay isn't permanent, but you can delay each turn if you want. Effectively, same thing.).

Edit-D'oh! Beaten to the punch!

Delaying is permanent, just like readying.

"If you take a delayed action in the next round, before your regular turn comes up, your initiative count rises to that new point in the order of battle, and you do not get your regular action that round."

So, if my initiative is a 7, and I delay until 18, then my initiative changes to 18 for the rest of combat.

 

[Rune]

Delaying is permanent, just like readying.

"If you take a delayed action in the next round, before your regular turn comes up, your initiative count rises to that new point in the order of battle, and you do not get your regular action that round."

So, if my initiative is a 7, and I delay until 18, then my initiative changes to 18 for the rest of combat.

Even better. (One of these days, I'm actually going to force my lazy-DM-self to actually read that SRD )