Initiative in 4E

[unipus]

Originally Posted by Raellus

How is the 1 card the worst card? On p. 54 of the Player Manual:

Participants act in order from lowest to highest number, beginning with card #1, until everyone has taken their turn.



So Player One, who drew the #1 card, goes first. The six OPFOR, who collectively drew the 2, go next. Then the remaining five PCs receive their turns.

Maybe my wording was unclear, or perhaps you were referring to one of the proffered house rules, where the high number goes first?

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I think I was simply confused, as I haven't used the book's initiative system in quite a long time. Sorry!

However, I do agree with everything Ursus posted... some of these optional rules probably do not work best unless you're using them with other optional rules, and I would never group more than 4 NPCs (even that is a lot... a +3 to an attack is very significant in the harm it can cause). But that question also comes down to how many NPCs there are to begin with. If there's only 6 in total then I'd probably run them as individuals, or pairs at the most. If there's 20... then yeah maybe some fireteams, and the PCs deserve what they get for trying to fight 20 guys at once. :P