confused with initiative

[hong]

See the rules in OA for using Iaijutsu Focus in combat. Essentially if you get the drop on your opponent, and you draw your weapon in the same round you strike, you get to do juicy amounts of extra damage.

Iaijutsu Focus also has one other great advantage IMO: it gives tanks an incentive to put points in Cha, which would otherwise be a dump stat.

 

[Macbrea]

A fighter with Springing attack and knockdown can possibly make sure that his opponent never gets to swing at him.



Fighter wins, He jumps forward knocks his opponent down.
Then jumps back to original position.
Other fighter must spend MEA to stand, Then MEA to move to enemy.

Rinse, Repeat.

 

[Uller]

Just only allow each to take only a partial action for their first action, no matter how long they ready/delay/refocus/whatever.

Then the guy who wins init will have an incentive to charge straight away, lest the other guy will ready. So Fighter A and B are going to duel as per your description. A wins init.

A (partial) charges - gets a single attack at +2, -2 to AC.
B gets a single attack
A Full Attack,
B Full Attack
etc.

Conversely, A could decide that he doesn't want to take a -2 to AC...

A readies
B charges(so A get's to attack first)
A single attack
B Full Attack
etc.

In either case, A has the advantage.