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<blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 5605412" data-attributes="member: 6668292">I did consider it, but we decided to all roll together. Both have merit, and I can definitely see doing it the way you suggest to play up the anticipation. There is something to said for, &quot;he points at you, and draws his sword. Roll initiative.&quot;</blockquote>I don't think I like the player knowing where he'll be, nish-wise, in a fight, too far ahead of where the fight will occur.&nbsp; It seems too much of an invitation to &quot;meta-game&quot; and use information outside of the game to his advantage--especially in planning ahead.&nbsp;On the other side of things, I do see where rolling early and forgetting about it lends itself to smoother story telling.[/QUOTE]I see what you mean here, but it hasn't been a problem for my group. I don't think that it's universal in it's application, as the meta issue will vary from group to group.In some scenarios, the method used is a boon. Other times, you'd get more tension from rolling initiative moments before the fight itself.&nbsp;We reroll at the beginning of the next session. I could see doing it either way, but we do reroll each session.&nbsp;Yeah, the universe is pretty cool. I ended up making my own 3.5 clone after poking around. Basically gutted a lot of stuff to make it how I liked it (it's also classless, which is a plus to some, and a flaw to others).The Conan game looks cool enough. The combat maneuvers like &quot;To The Hilt&quot; look cool though. Seems very cinematic.Thanks for the conversation, I've enjoyed it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> And, as always, play what you like <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="JamesonCourage, post: 5605412, member: 6668292"] I did consider it, but we decided to all roll together. Both have merit, and I can definitely see doing it the way you suggest to play up the anticipation. There is something to said for, "he points at you, and draws his sword. Roll initiative." [/QUOTE]I don't think I like the player knowing where he'll be, nish-wise, in a fight, too far ahead of where the fight will occur. It seems too much of an invitation to "meta-game" and use information outside of the game to his advantage--especially in planning ahead. On the other side of things, I do see where rolling early and forgetting about it lends itself to smoother story telling.[/QUOTE] I see what you mean here, but it hasn't been a problem for my group. I don't think that it's universal in it's application, as the meta issue will vary from group to group. In some scenarios, the method used is a boon. Other times, you'd get more tension from rolling initiative moments before the fight itself. We reroll at the beginning of the next session. I could see doing it either way, but we do reroll each session. Yeah, the universe is pretty cool. I ended up making my own 3.5 clone after poking around. Basically gutted a lot of stuff to make it how I liked it (it's also classless, which is a plus to some, and a flaw to others). The Conan game looks cool enough. The combat maneuvers like "To The Hilt" look cool though. Seems very cinematic. Thanks for the conversation, I've enjoyed it :) And, as always, play what you like :) [/QUOTE]

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