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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6645204" data-attributes="member: 6787650">The rationale is mechanical: I'm trying to avoid gimping any spells, just as I don't want to gimp Dodge. If Blade Ward lasted only for the round you cast it, it would be only about half as effective as in RAW. By ruling that &quot;your next turn&quot; = &quot;next round&quot;, it becomes slightly stronger than RAW for wizards who win initiative and exactly as strong as RAW for those who lose. I'm okay with winning initiative being advantageous so that seems better to me than the other way. Likewise, I want fire elementals who set you on fire to inflict damage at the start of the round, before declare time, so again &quot;start of your turn=start of the round&quot; works well. This prevents you from getting two saves in a row against Hold Person. Etc.In short, messing with initiative is going to make spells and other special effects like Stunning Strike either stronger or weaker, and I'd rather have them be stronger-on-high-initiative than useless-on-low-initiative, especially since declaring actions in advance weakens them again (e.g. you might Blade Ward against a threat that's already dead).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6645204, member: 6787650"] The rationale is mechanical: I'm trying to avoid gimping any spells, just as I don't want to gimp Dodge. If Blade Ward lasted only for the round you cast it, it would be only about half as effective as in RAW. By ruling that "your next turn" = "next round", it becomes slightly stronger than RAW for wizards who win initiative and exactly as strong as RAW for those who lose. I'm okay with winning initiative being advantageous so that seems better to me than the other way. Likewise, I want fire elementals who set you on fire to inflict damage at the start of the round, before declare time, so again "start of your turn=start of the round" works well. This prevents you from getting two saves in a row against Hold Person. Etc. In short, messing with initiative is going to make spells and other special effects like Stunning Strike either stronger or weaker, and I'd rather have them be stronger-on-high-initiative than useless-on-low-initiative, especially since declaring actions in advance weakens them again (e.g. you might Blade Ward against a threat that's already dead). [/QUOTE]

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