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<blockquote data-quote="Syntallah" data-source="post: 6604693" data-attributes="member: 17152">I have used this variant the last two weeks at my Game, and I love it!&nbsp; It adds an element of chaos to a battle (i.e. every round is not resolved in the same order, things change).&nbsp; This has the dual benefits of being a little more realistic (ahhh! realism in D&amp;D, the horror!), and keeping the players a little more involved since they don't know when they'll be going next.&nbsp; Makes weapon choices a little more interesting too.&nbsp; I have a longbow fighter that pretty much rules the dps race.&nbsp; He is feeling the price of that awesome piece of death dealing gear with a -4 modifier causing him to go towards the end of each round...&nbsp; My only fear was that it might slow things down with a roll every round, but it has not done so to any appreciable degree.&nbsp; I go around the table and ask each player (by character name): &quot;Ulfbehrt, what are you planning to do?&quot; I give them about 5-6 seconds to look at the table, they declare their intention, and roll initiative.&nbsp; Quick and simple.I posted a chart on the outside of my DM Screen that I made with all the different speed factors on it so each player knows the modifier before hand. Also, until we get a good handle on things, I have told my players up front that the monsters will be using a static initiative for now.&nbsp; I just give them a roll of '10' each round with their modifiers adjusting.&nbsp; As it becomes more and more second nature I will start actually rolling for them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Syntallah, post: 6604693, member: 17152"] I have used this variant the last two weeks at my Game, and I love it! It adds an element of chaos to a battle (i.e. every round is not resolved in the same order, things change). This has the dual benefits of being a little more realistic (ahhh! realism in D&D, the horror!), and keeping the players a little more involved since they don't know when they'll be going next. Makes weapon choices a little more interesting too. I have a longbow fighter that pretty much rules the dps race. He is feeling the price of that awesome piece of death dealing gear with a -4 modifier causing him to go towards the end of each round... My only fear was that it might slow things down with a roll every round, but it has not done so to any appreciable degree. I go around the table and ask each player (by character name): "Ulfbehrt, what are you planning to do?" I give them about 5-6 seconds to look at the table, they declare their intention, and roll initiative. Quick and simple. I posted a chart on the outside of my DM Screen that I made with all the different speed factors on it so each player knows the modifier before hand. Also, until we get a good handle on things, I have told my players up front that the monsters will be using a static initiative for now. I just give them a roll of '10' each round with their modifiers adjusting. As it becomes more and more second nature I will start actually rolling for them. [/QUOTE]

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