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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FXR" data-source="post: 7555405" data-attributes="member: 6781105">I've tried both RAW initiative and Greyhawk-style initiative and I didn't like it. RAW initiative makes the combat too static while Greyhawk initiative slows it down.I'm toying with the following house rule:All creatures roll initiative (d20+ Dexterity or Intelligence modifier). Creatures take their turn as normal, but a creature with higher initiative can  let a slower creature act before.However, each creature's initiative roll isn't set in stone. The roll may be modified (and accordingly, the order in which creatures take their turn) depending on some events:A creature adds 5* to its initiative :i) when it uses its inspiration ;ii) when it scores a critical hit ;iii) when it reduces an opponent's HP to 0.A creature substracts 5* to its initiative :i) when it fails a saving throw ;ii) when it fails an attack roll by a margin of 5 ;iii) when it becomes incapable of acting, frightened or prone ;iv) when it takes more damage from a single source than its Constitution score.Modifications to initiative take effect immediately unless the creature has already taken its turn, in which case they take effect at the beginning of the next round. Examples:During the first round, a barbarian PC acts on initiative count 13 and strikes sucessfully an orc (initiative count 10) and an ogre (initiative count 14). For some reasons, both the orc and the ogres take more damage than their constitution score and accordingly substract 5 from their initiative result. The orc will  act on initiative count 5 for this round and later rounds, while the ogre, who already has acted, will act on initiative count 9.On the second round, the barbarian acts first (initiative count 13), followed by the ogre (initiative count 9) and the orc (initiative count 5). If the orc strikes a critical hit, on this round, he will act on initiative count 10 on the third round.What do you think?* I'm still unsure if I should use a flat value or a random dice (say 1d6).</blockquote>

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