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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kelleris" data-source="post: 2243541" data-attributes="member: 19130">Well, my original post was criticizing your "general relevance" criterion.  Whether or not it's the best feat remaining is a different matter.  That said:1) I like battles that are of the large set-piece type, with conditions changing during the course of them.  So the first round very rarely decides the matter IMC.  I actually really hate it when I get into a fight and the outcome is obvious after the first 3 seconds.  Now, that said, ImpInit is still useful, because higher initiative lets you react to changes before anyone else does - In fact, I occasionally have people roll new initiatives mid-battle to see how fast they react to new arrivals/dramatic events.  I also use initiative rolls for out-of-battle things like seeing who reaches out to grab the guy who's falling first or who gives into the treasure-pile for the item they want first.  (That last one sometimes ends poorly.)  So my previous comment that you only get "+4 to one roll per combat " from the feat isn't even true.  That said, Improved Initiative is still firmly in the nice-but-bot-necessary band for most characters, and is only occasionally taken.2) My current reason for voting off Improved Initiative is that it's kinda dull, speaking as a player.  I like feats that allow me to make choices during combat.  Weapon Finesse is at least something you build a character around, though I'm inclined to think it should just be an option for light and finessable weapons.3) Assuming Improved Initiative survives this round, I think I'll vote for something else next round, as the passion of the pro-ImpInit camp has swayed me.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  And anyway, it's getting hard to pick one anyway, y'know.  I like all the remaining feats to a greater or lesser degree.</blockquote>

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