billd91
Not your screen monkey (he/him) 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
That's what initiative is for. Suppose Usain Bolt noticed your eye twitch and correctly interpreted that as you about to start hostilities. By the time you're pulling out your dagger, he's already on the move... because he got a better initiative than you did.Just curious on how you think Vegas or pretty much anyone else would bet on this situation.
I'm standing with a knife in hand. Usain Bolt is 30 feet away with a greatsword on his back and in chain mail armor. Heck, let's make him unarmored. He is not allowed to even begin to move until I start to throw the knife. How many would bet on Bolt to reach me with his sword out before I can throw the knife?
We're not talking about simulating realism - we're simulating a genre of storytelling where the larger-than-life characters do things that normal people can't do. And even a notorious gunslinger sometimes gets beat on the draw when he's starting the fight.