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<blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 6604644" data-attributes="member: 6777696">The idea is that you wouldn't necessarily react to something that's happening simultaneously with what it is your doing. The actions are occurring more or less simultaneously, with the initiative order handling the order in which actions are resolved. It's gamey and imperfect, but it's an approach that I'm going to try.Honestly, while I respect that all y'all aren't interested in the particular system proposed by the DMG, that is the system I am attempting to use. I will jettison it if it ultimately doesn't work, but I'm not really interested in advice that runs along the lines of, &quot;don't try it.&quot;(The DungeonWorld initiative does sound interesting, though it's also a much greater departure from what we're doing already. I might try it, but I still want to do more trial with the DMG variant. The declared action -&gt; initiative -&gt; resolution mechanic has its roots in most early editions of D&amp;D. From the best I know, it's only the later WoTC editions that got rid of it entirely and formalized the roll-once cyclical initiative system.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="redrick, post: 6604644, member: 6777696"] The idea is that you wouldn't necessarily react to something that's happening simultaneously with what it is your doing. The actions are occurring more or less simultaneously, with the initiative order handling the order in which actions are resolved. It's gamey and imperfect, but it's an approach that I'm going to try. Honestly, while I respect that all y'all aren't interested in the particular system proposed by the DMG, that is the system I am attempting to use. I will jettison it if it ultimately doesn't work, but I'm not really interested in advice that runs along the lines of, "don't try it." (The DungeonWorld initiative [I]does[/I] sound interesting, though it's also a much greater departure from what we're doing already. I might try it, but I still want to do more trial with the DMG variant. The declared action -> initiative -> resolution mechanic has its roots in most early editions of D&D. From the best I know, it's only the later WoTC editions that got rid of it entirely and formalized the roll-once cyclical initiative system.) [/QUOTE]

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