INITIATIVE
To reiterate from the Storypath chapter: At the start of a combat encounter, roll initiative to determine who acts first. Each player rolls for their individual characters and the Storyguide rolls for hers. Groups of Storyguide characters with similar statistics may share an initiative roll.
A character’s initiative pool is equal to the character’s best combat-related Skill + Cunning. This pool represents a character’s martial acumen and mental presence in the fight. Tally the total number of successes for each character, and rank them from highest to lowest. Results generated by player characters become PC slots; results generated by SGCs become SGC slots. This is the initiative roster.
The players choose which of them gets to take the first PC slot, then that player decides which of them takes the next slot, and so on. Similarly, the Storyguide determines which order her characters act in. In the event of a tie between Storyguide and player, favor the player.