• From: Seattle
  • Registered: 2012-10-11
  • Posts: 4

Topic: Initiative

I have a few quick questions about DEX and initiative in LotFP. Per page 2, in Rules and Magic, "Dexterity modifiers affect a character's... ability to act first in combat. Then, on page 57, it appears that DEX mods are used as tie-breakers, in the case of group initiative? Or is it also in the case of individual initiative?

Do DEX mods have any impact on the segment that a character acts? Or is that down to just random chance?

  • Registered: 2011-10-14
  • Posts: 17

Re: Initiative

The DEX mods are used as tiebreakers when using individual initiative as well. It doesn't change the segment the character is acting on.

  • From: Merritt, BC, Canada
  • Registered: 2012-02-07
  • Posts: 213

Re: Initiative

I've seen systems that use 1d6 initiative and add the dex modifiers to the roll, and it just starts to feel like d20 initiative again. I really like just getting a handful of extra large d6's and giving one to each player. You roll your initiative and just leave it there. I can scan the table and see who's next without having to make a list etc.

  • Registered: 2023-11-08
  • Posts: 3

Re: Initiative

Use use 1d6 is work for me
Fireboy And Watergirl

  • Registered: 2024-03-27
  • Posts: 1

Re: Initiative

I really like just getting a handful of extra large d6's and giving one to each player.
Hello Neighbor

Last edited by pslhit (2024-03-27 11:11:17)