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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neo" data-source="post: 1637156" data-attributes="member: 4139">Your right largely the Refocus makes no difference.. "However" it becomes significantly more important when multiple people start entering bullet time and villains etc.. as the order of actions then changes.For example three heroes on initiatives Hero #1 (12), Hero #2 (10), and Hero #3 (7) are in combat with a villain initiative 9 and his minions on initiative 8.  The hero on 12 goes normally, the hero on 10 uses bullet time, his initiative is now technically 21 (20+1 dex mod) but wouldn't have much effect except next round at which point the bullet time would end.  However the villain also declares that he is using a villain point to enter bullet time too. (the choice to enter bullet time or not for everyone occurs once someone chooses to enter it).  The villains initiative is 25 (20+1 dex mod + improved initiative)  the other two heroes choose not to enter bullet time.  Now because of their being two people in bullet time for the purposes of determining who actually acts at that point the new order is as follows.Hero#1 on 12 has already gone so he can do nothing until next round.Villain (bullet timed) on 25Hero #2 (bullet timed) on 21The villains Minions on 8and finally Hero #3 on 7As you can see by entering bullet time the order of initiative in that round actions unfold actually ends up working in the villains favour.  For although it was the start of Hero #2's round that initiated the bullet time, once initiated everyone who can has the option to enter it to and initiative order is reordered for all combatants from that point forward to the end of the round.  Obviously if noone else enters bullet time the refocus as I say means very little, but if others enter bullet time it can completely re-order the order of actions for the remainder of that round.If hero #3 had chosen to enter bullet time he would have benefitted from acting before all the minions who themselves do not have the option to enter bullet time to counter it.</blockquote>

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