Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
When do you throw initiative?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5607446" data-attributes="member: 92305"><p>There is something to be said for staying in "scenes" for as long as possible before going into a detailed, tactical combat round.</p><p> </p><p>When we played out this scenario in my game last Sunday, there were a couple of rounds where only movement took place--and in a combat round, it was sloooowwww going.</p><p> </p><p>I'm still debating, for future needs, whether I should roll nish as a gladiator enters the ring or wait until someone makes a definite aggressive move.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Crap.</p><p> </p><p>I really liked the idea of Readying a partial charge. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/cry.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":.-(" title="Cry :.-(" data-shortname=":.-(" /></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Kinda makes no sense, huh, that a staggered character can make a partial charge but an uninjured one who readies the action cannot.</p><p> </p><p>I may allow it in my game.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>EDIT: To sorta be in compliance with the rules, you could rule that, in order to ready a partial charge, you cannot move at all during the part of your move before the ready action happens. You're basically limiting yourself to only a Move Action then--which the partial charge rule allows.</p><p> </p><p>Thus, if Fred wanted to Ready a charge, he could only ready a partial charge and he could do nothing on his turn before the partial charge is triggered but state that he is readying the charge and describing the trigger.</p><p> </p><p>I think I might Loophole it into the rules that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 5607446, member: 92305"] There is something to be said for staying in "scenes" for as long as possible before going into a detailed, tactical combat round. When we played out this scenario in my game last Sunday, there were a couple of rounds where only movement took place--and in a combat round, it was sloooowwww going. I'm still debating, for future needs, whether I should roll nish as a gladiator enters the ring or wait until someone makes a definite aggressive move. Crap. I really liked the idea of Readying a partial charge. :.-( Kinda makes no sense, huh, that a staggered character can make a partial charge but an uninjured one who readies the action cannot. I may allow it in my game. EDIT: To sorta be in compliance with the rules, you could rule that, in order to ready a partial charge, you cannot move at all during the part of your move before the ready action happens. You're basically limiting yourself to only a Move Action then--which the partial charge rule allows. Thus, if Fred wanted to Ready a charge, he could only ready a partial charge and he could do nothing on his turn before the partial charge is triggered but state that he is readying the charge and describing the trigger. I think I might Loophole it into the rules that way. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
When do you throw initiative?
Top