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<blockquote data-quote="ControlFreak" data-source="post: 135389" data-attributes="member: 899">Man, was tonight's game a mess! Anyway .. let me get past my lousy mood to ask a question that came up LOUDLY in the session:PC Fighter: Initiative Bonus +6, Current Initiative 22Monster: Initiative Bonus +4, Current Initiative 10(Round 1)Monster has readied action: if anyone shows their head around that corner I'm going to shoot them with my bow.(Round 2)PC Fighter leans around the corner to take an arrow shotMonster shoots with readied actionPC Shoots and pulls back behind the cornerHere's the question:According to the rules, the monster's initiative now matches the PC's initiative of 22. When 2 creatures have the same initiative, the bonus determines who goes first.Does this mean that the PC will ALWAYS go before the monster? It seems to me that the new initiative of monster would be slightly before the PC. The monster would then be able to ready an action each round. Otherwise, it's impossible for someone to maintain an &quot;overwatch&quot; on someone with a higher initiative bonus ... ever!What I ruled, was that regardless of bonuses, the monster (in this case) would go before that PC in the next round and be able to ready another action before the PC acted. It didn't make sense for the monster to only be able to attack the PC every other time he peeked out just because of that bonus.(realize that the same thing could have easily occured the opposite way if the PC had the lower bonus and was trying to overwatch snipe)Anyway .. I would like to know what people think.Thanks,ControlFreak</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ControlFreak, post: 135389, member: 899"] Man, was tonight's game a mess! Anyway .. let me get past my lousy mood to ask a question that came up LOUDLY in the session: PC Fighter: Initiative Bonus +6, Current Initiative 22 Monster: Initiative Bonus +4, Current Initiative 10 (Round 1) Monster has readied action: if anyone shows their head around that corner I'm going to shoot them with my bow. (Round 2) PC Fighter leans around the corner to take an arrow shot Monster shoots with readied action PC Shoots and pulls back behind the corner Here's the question: According to the rules, the monster's initiative now matches the PC's initiative of 22. When 2 creatures have the same initiative, the bonus determines who goes first. Does this mean that the PC will ALWAYS go before the monster? It seems to me that the new initiative of monster would be slightly before the PC. The monster would then be able to ready an action each round. Otherwise, it's impossible for someone to maintain an "overwatch" on someone with a higher initiative bonus ... ever! What I ruled, was that regardless of bonuses, the monster (in this case) would go before that PC in the next round and be able to ready another action before the PC acted. It didn't make sense for the monster to only be able to attack the PC every other time he peeked out just because of that bonus. (realize that the same thing could have easily occured the opposite way if the PC had the lower bonus and was trying to overwatch snipe) Anyway .. I would like to know what people think. Thanks, ControlFreak [/QUOTE]

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