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2019-09-21, 12:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2015
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New Player Questioning Delayed Actions
So, being new to the game and reading through delayed actions, if I chose to, and had high enough initiative for multiple passes, can I delay my action until just before my next action, such that in practice I would take two turns in a row?
I'm aware this isn't something you would do as a general rule, I just want to know if theoretically that can happen, so that I can make sure my understanding of initiative and delayed actions is correct.
This is Shadowrun 5e, just to be clear.
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2019-09-22, 08:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2011
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- Sharangar's Revenge
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Re: New Player Questioning Delayed Actions
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2019-10-08, 01:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2015
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- Victoria, Oz
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Re: New Player Questioning Delayed Actions
Cheers, but yeah, I need someone who knows about 5e. For some reason it's really hard to find information on Shadowrun online.
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2019-10-08, 08:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2014
Re: New Player Questioning Delayed Actions
So, funny story. I went to get my SR5 main book, opened it up to a random page, which HAPPENED to be the one with the rule for Delaying Actions, page 161 of the SR5CE.
I...think you may be right. The third paragraph says that the character keeps their usual Initiative score, and then if they don't act before the end of the Initiative Pass, they reduce their initiative by 10 as normal at the end of that pass.
I'd run it by your GM, to be sure, because that feels a little lame. But the wording sure seems to suggest it.
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2019-10-08, 10:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2010
Re: New Player Questioning Delayed Actions
You certainly could, but there is generally little reason to. And; you snooze you lose.