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Noom68
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 Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2021 2:53 pm Post subject: initiative |
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i've been playing 1st edition when it was 1st published so in everyone's opinion
and i know rules do not call for it but i like to use initiative to keep order in combat i use dexterity for rolls......or is perception best for this |
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Whill
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2021 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: initiative |
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| Noom68 wrote: | i've been playing 1st edition when it was 1st published so in everyone's opinion
and i know rules do not call for it but i like to use initiative to keep order in combat i use dexterity for rolls......or is perception best for this |
Good call to add Initiative to 1e. I do DEX+PER-1D, so both DEX and PER are factors.
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CRMcNeill
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2021 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: initiative |
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| Whill wrote: | | I do DEX+PER-1D, so both DEX and PER are factors. |
I like this. Maybe add a twist and do Mech+Dex-1D for vehicle and starship combat?
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Whill
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2021 3:16 pm Post subject: Re: initiative |
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| CRMcNeill wrote: | | Whill wrote: | | I do DEX+PER-1D, so both DEX and PER are factors. |
I like this. Maybe add a twist and do Mech+Dex-1D for vehicle and starship combat? |
I think that is reasonable. I've also heard others suggest MEC+PER for vehicle/spaceship combat since PER is the RAW component of all initiative.
Personally I don't bother adding MEC because of inherent attribute overlap. Doing things before others in vehicles still involves manual reaction time and awareness, so DEX+PER is not inappropriate. I've found that initiative tends to matter less in vehicle/space chases/combat, so MEC skills make the biggest difference anyway.
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CRMcNeill
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2021 6:10 pm Post subject: Re: initiative |
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| Whill wrote: | | I think that is reasonable. I've also heard others suggest MEC+PER for vehicle/spaceship combat since PER is the RAW component of all initiative. |
Actually, I mis-typed. I had intended to say Mech + Per - 1D. Oh well.
| Quote: | | Personally I don't bother adding MEC because of inherent attribute overlap. Doing things before others in vehicles still involves manual reaction time and awareness, so DEX+PER is not inappropriate. I've found that initiative tends to matter less in vehicle/space chases/combat, so MEC skills make the biggest difference anyway. |
I see it as two separate applications of the same reflexes: one to use hand-held objects (or hands), the other to make the proper control motions on a vehicle. I see Initiative having increased importance in my larger starship combat system, so I expect I'll hang onto it.
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