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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 230276" data-attributes="member: 413">Seems to me that this would make it too easy to avoid being hit by a full attack even if you &quot;lose&quot; initiative.&nbsp; It also makes it easy for characters with mulitiple attacks to roll very high initiatives.&nbsp; How about this:&nbsp; Roll once for initiative.&nbsp;&nbsp; On your count, if you decide to do a FA, you take one attack.&nbsp; Then you get your other attacks on the following segments.&nbsp; So a fighter with 3 attacks rolls a 18.&nbsp; On his turn, he decides he's gonna do a full attack.&nbsp; He attacks once on 18, 17 and 16.&nbsp;&nbsp; If at 17, he decides he no longer wishes to do a full attack, he can do an Move or MEA instead.&nbsp; &nbsp; This way, if he beats his opponent's init by only a one or two, his opponent will get an opportunity to react, but if he beats him by a lot, then his opponent has no opportunity to react.&nbsp; You can make the increment greater to make it even easier to react(2, 4, maybe even 5).Personally, I've not found a problem with the rule as is...Yes, an arcane spell caster that becomes subject to a full attack is meat with the current system, but I think that is kinda the point.&nbsp; That's what Mirror Image, Blur, Displacement, Fly, Levitate, Expeditious Retreat, Stoneskin, Shield, etc. etc. are for!&nbsp;&nbsp; If you get two or three of these spells in place, it is difficult for fighters to do much damage before you can react.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 230276, member: 413"] Seems to me that this would make it too easy to avoid being hit by a full attack even if you "lose" initiative. It also makes it easy for characters with mulitiple attacks to roll very high initiatives. How about this: Roll once for initiative. On your count, if you decide to do a FA, you take one attack. Then you get your other attacks on the following segments. So a fighter with 3 attacks rolls a 18. On his turn, he decides he's gonna do a full attack. He attacks once on 18, 17 and 16. If at 17, he decides he no longer wishes to do a full attack, he can do an Move or MEA instead. This way, if he beats his opponent's init by only a one or two, his opponent will get an opportunity to react, but if he beats him by a lot, then his opponent has no opportunity to react. You can make the increment greater to make it even easier to react(2, 4, maybe even 5). Personally, I've not found a problem with the rule as is... Yes, an arcane spell caster that becomes subject to a full attack is meat with the current system, but I think that is kinda the point. That's what Mirror Image, Blur, Displacement, Fly, Levitate, Expeditious Retreat, Stoneskin, Shield, etc. etc. are for! If you get two or three of these spells in place, it is difficult for fighters to do much damage before you can react. [/QUOTE]

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