Initiative Thoughts
I've been toying around with the idea of blogging some tips on managing initiative in a D&D 5e game. Given the July 10th release of Unearthed Arcana's Greyhawk Initiative , I thought now might be a good time to go ahead and do just that. Hopefully, other readers will chime in and add their ideas as well in the comments. Natural 20s and Natural 1s I am a really big fan of the concept of Natural 20s and Natural 1s in 5e. For those not familiar with D&D, you use a 1d20 for almost every roll you make to accomplish a task (adding any appropriate bonuses you might have to the result). Rolling a 1 on the d20 is referred to as a natural 1. It is always a failure. Well, it's not just a failure. It's a particularly BAD failure. Rolling a 20 on the d20 is a natural 20. It's not just a guaranteed success but a particularly stylish, interesting, or down-right awe-inspiring success worth bragging home about. Sure, there are game mechanics that are affected by ...