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<blockquote data-quote="brehobit" data-source="post: 7686773" data-attributes="member: 12032">Na, the DM gets to decide when to roll initiative.&nbsp; As I DM I generally do it _after_ the thing that starts the fight.&nbsp; If you shoot, _that_ starts things going.&nbsp; Shot resolved, initiative rolled.&nbsp;&nbsp; I've seen DMs do that but put the person who shot at the top of the initiative round.&nbsp;&nbsp; I've seen it done all sorts of ways.&nbsp; But I don't believe that I've ever seen anyone, in 5e or otherwise, roll initiative after that attack is defined and then wait for the person who started things to actually _go_.&nbsp; I mean if an ally gets a higher initative than the person who started the whole thing off, do they get to take an action before the person who shot?&nbsp; If not, they are being penalized for having a high init.&nbsp; If so, then things get really weird.&nbsp; The whole thing leads to a really weird set of outcomes.Edit: I've now played with 6 different 5e DMs.&nbsp; And none have done this.&nbsp; It doesn't much matter unless you've got an assassin, but still...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brehobit, post: 7686773, member: 12032"] Na, the DM gets to decide when to roll initiative. As I DM I generally do it _after_ the thing that starts the fight. If you shoot, _that_ starts things going. Shot resolved, initiative rolled. I've seen DMs do that but put the person who shot at the top of the initiative round. I've seen it done all sorts of ways. But I don't believe that I've ever seen anyone, in 5e or otherwise, roll initiative after that attack is defined and then wait for the person who started things to actually _go_. I mean if an ally gets a higher initative than the person who started the whole thing off, do they get to take an action before the person who shot? If not, they are being penalized for having a high init. If so, then things get really weird. The whole thing leads to a really weird set of outcomes. Edit: I've now played with 6 different 5e DMs. And none have done this. It doesn't much matter unless you've got an assassin, but still... [/QUOTE]

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