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 ====== Combat Procedure ====== ====== Combat Procedure ======
  
-In the AD&D world, a group's initiative system is a major determining factor in their style of play. There are different ways to interpret and make sense of the combat system described in the AD&D rulebooks, and this is ours. For more info on how we arrived here, see our [[initiative experiment]]. +In the AD&D world, a group's initiative system is a major determining factor in their style of play. There are different ways to interpret and make sense of the combat system described in the AD&D rulebooks, and this is ours. For more info on how we arrived here, see the [[#History]] section.
 ===== Procedure ===== ===== Procedure =====
  
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 ===== History ===== ===== History =====
  
-Starting in late March 2024, after using our [[ADDICT combat procedure]] for ~1.5 years, we began trialing the system that became our current combat procedure. We decided to trial this system for these reasons:+Starting in late March 2024, after using  for ~1.5 years, we began trialing the system that became our current combat procedure. 
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 +For the first ~1.5 years of our campaign, we used our [[ADDICT combat procedure]], an initiative system most in line with what is called “A.D.D.I.C.T.” or “quantum” initiative. However, in late March 2024, we are set out to try an alternative system based on things like (1) the way Gary and TSR conventions were reported to have played by the 1982 or earlier, (2) OSRIC style, (3) Anthony Huso's initiative system. 
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 +We decided to trial this system for these reasons:
  
   * Players interested in having more meaningful choices to make in combat, to add depth. DM interested in the cool interactions that could result.   * Players interested in having more meaningful choices to make in combat, to add depth. DM interested in the cool interactions that could result.
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