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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Huw" data-source="post: 6091882" data-attributes="member: 33093">Runequest had fixed initiative (3rd ed and earlier; not familiar with the more recent versions), and I've seen that in numerous computer RPGs as well. Essentially, your character always acts at a certain time in the round. If you have a strike rank (the Runequest term) 6, then you always act before the SR 7s and always after the SR 5s.This sounds too simple, but it works really well. Especially in CRPGs, where one player controls the entire party, you can do some really tactical combats. In desktop you get realistic-feeling rules regarding with multiple attacks, drawing and sheathing weapons, even reach. In RQ the longer weapons had a lower SR, so don't go attacking the pikemen with your dagger unless you're really fast.</blockquote>