Sword of Spirit
Legend
I've considered using it, but haven't tried it. I think it would probably end up feeling like the trade off isn't worth it at my table.
What I would never consider though is going back to action declaration rounds and/or weapon/spell speeds. I was a bit skeptical when 3e got rid of that in favor of set cyclical initiative, but after playing for only a brief time I never wanted to go back. The whole idea of having to plan ahead of time, and having your speed of activity determined by what you intend to do leading to the complications when your action becomes invalid was just the opposite of fun to me and required just as much suspension of disbelief as cyclical initiate, just in different ways. About the only thing good I can say about it is that declaring actions in reverse order of taking them really makes winning initiative matter since you can plan around the slower combatants. And if younare having a declaration phase and aren't doing it in reverse order you are missing a lot of the point IMO.
What I would never consider though is going back to action declaration rounds and/or weapon/spell speeds. I was a bit skeptical when 3e got rid of that in favor of set cyclical initiative, but after playing for only a brief time I never wanted to go back. The whole idea of having to plan ahead of time, and having your speed of activity determined by what you intend to do leading to the complications when your action becomes invalid was just the opposite of fun to me and required just as much suspension of disbelief as cyclical initiate, just in different ways. About the only thing good I can say about it is that declaring actions in reverse order of taking them really makes winning initiative matter since you can plan around the slower combatants. And if younare having a declaration phase and aren't doing it in reverse order you are missing a lot of the point IMO.