[Pathfinder] B6: The Veiled Society

[HolyMan]

Hmm... I think I may just "borrow" your ideal kinem let me just see if i have it staright:

1. You decide which group goes first, PCs or NPCs/Monsters
2. The players may post whenever, they have no idividual initative, and their actions go in the order that they have posted.

So of course a few questions:

Is there a group initative modifier?
What happens to initative feats/abilities?
What do you do for ready actions?

HM

 

[kinem]

OK. Here's how it works:

I roll 1d20 for the NPCs, and 1d20 for the PCs

In most cases, there's a clear winner. That group gets to act first.

If the rolls are close, then in theory, for the first round only I do the following:

-If some but not all PCs have high enough initiative modifiers to beat the most important NPCs, then those PCs go first. This means Improved Initiative is still a good feat.
-Then NPCs act.
-edit: Then all of the PCs.
-Then NPCs and PCs alternate.

In practice, though, I sometimes get lazy and just allow all of the PCs to act first if any of them can. This gives an advantage to the PCs, but oh well, there are ways to balance that

If you ready an action, then you act before the NPC that triggers your action, as usual. You then go back into the pool with the other PCs. You can't abuse this by trying to act twice/round or anything.

 

[Rhun]

I haven't noticed any issues with the way you run initiative, Kinem...it seems to work great. At least, in X4/X5 it has been.

 

[kinem]

Of course you would say that Rhun, you guys have been winning initiative most of the time

 

[Rhun]

LOL. Maybe that's why I hadn't noticed it!

 

[HolyMan]

Didn't know we took the slaves with us. Guess I need to read more carefully.

What are we waiting on a deciding vote to see if we stay or continue?

HM

 

[Rhun]

I suppose we are, though Celythia is the only one that wants to finish the job at this point. Even if Caridoc were to support her, it would be 3-2 for leaving.

 

[HolyMan]

I thought Rezak vote to stay till they found some coin?

HM

 

[Theroc]

I suppose we are, though Celythia is the only one that wants to finish the job at this point. Even if Caridoc were to support her, it would be 3-2 for leaving.

Kynar would have agreed with you, up until you all told him we might be gettin' in deep . Now he wants to kill the current unconscious ones and cover the tracks and the like. lol

 

[Rhun]

I thought Rezak vote to stay till they found some coin?

HM

I must have missed that!

Kynar would have agreed with you, up until you all told him we might be gettin' in deep . Now he wants to kill the current unconscious ones and cover the tracks and the like. lol

I figured Kynar would be for fighting anything so he could demonstrate his skill!