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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 1779207" data-attributes="member: 19675">I basically have to agree with LP there- going first is always an advantage in D&D...as long as your character is set up to do so.Someone playing a low Int or Wis character may not be able to fully utilize the Feat, simply doing as Cignus suggested- charging and getting roughed up.Of course, that is not inherently a bad thing.   Besides being a perfectly viable character conception (the impetuous, brash warrior), a high HP brute charging into the enemy is the party's equivalent of a shock trooper or calvaryman.  He occupies the immediate attention of the front line and possibly some spellcasters.  He may even catch someone flatfooted or drop one with a crit.  But that PC had better have a BIG weapon, Power Attack and Cleave to go along with that Improved Initiative.In fact, if he has the HP (to take the damage from the AoOs) & movement to do it, and a favorable setup of opponents, he may even charge past the front line to attack the spellcasters directly!  All of a sudden, the enemy sorcerer has to deal with 285lbs of screaming, charging, 2 handed sword-wielding maniac who just blew past his front line.In football, its called a sack; in military tactics, its called a "decapitation strike."</blockquote>