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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 8477823" data-attributes="member: 907">That was the double-optional rule. Initiative was weird in 2e, and came in three steps of &quot;officialdom&quot;:Standard initiative: Each side rolls d10. Lowest goes first. If everyone on one side qualifies for various modifiers, they can apply.Group Initiative: Each side rolls d10. Each combatant on that side then modifies the d10 depending on weapon speed or creature size, casting time, and whatever else. Lowest goes first. So if we're on the same side and I'm casting a magic missile (casting time 1) and you're fighting with a longsword (speed factor 5), and we roll a 6, I'm going on 7 and you on 11.Individual initiative: Each combatant rolls d10 and modifies it as with group initiative. Lowest goes first.In each case, creatures with multiple simultaneous attacks (e.g. dual-wielding, most monsters) get all of them in at once, while creatures with multiple attacks with the same weapon (e.g. archers, high-level warriors) get one attack at the proper initiative and then handle the rest at the end of the round.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 8477823, member: 907"] That was the double-optional rule. Initiative was weird in 2e, and came in three steps of "officialdom": Standard initiative: Each side rolls d10. Lowest goes first. If everyone on one side qualifies for various modifiers, they can apply. Group Initiative: Each side rolls d10. Each combatant on that side then modifies the d10 depending on weapon speed or creature size, casting time, and whatever else. Lowest goes first. So if we're on the same side and I'm casting a [I]magic missile[/I] (casting time 1) and you're fighting with a longsword (speed factor 5), and we roll a 6, I'm going on 7 and you on 11. Individual initiative: Each combatant rolls d10 and modifies it as with group initiative. Lowest goes first. In each case, creatures with multiple simultaneous attacks (e.g. dual-wielding, most monsters) get all of them in at once, while creatures with multiple attacks with the same weapon (e.g. archers, high-level warriors) get one attack at the proper initiative and then handle the rest at the end of the round. [/QUOTE]

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