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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 3597749" data-attributes="member: 13107">Weird bumps ...So ...Player 1 has initiative 16Player 2 has initiative 15Action sequence ...P1 goes on 16P2 goes on 15P1 goes on 16P2 goes on 15...Player 1 has initiative 21Player 2 has initiative 20P1 goes on 21P2 goes on 20P1 goes on 01 (Initiative reset to 1)P2 goes on 20...For nearby players, there is no difference.However,  consider:P1 has initiative 25P2 has initiative 02P1 goes on 25P1 goes on 05 (Initiative reset to 5)P2 goes on 02P1 goes on 05P2 goes on 02Here there is a big difference.Hmm, an important point would be the removal of surprise rounds and the current notion of flat-footedness.  So:P1 has initiative 25P2 has initiative 12P3 has initiative 02 (and is flat-footed w/respect to P1: difference more than 20)P1 goes on 25P2 goes on 12P1 goes on 05P2 goes on 02P1 goes on 05 (P3 is no longer flat-footed w/respect to P1: difference now only 3)P2 goes on 02Another point is that having a high initiative doesn't give you extra actions per round, it just allows you to get in an extra action at the beginning because you are able to react faster.</blockquote>