Post #4131901

2026-07-25 16:21 UTC

Officially, D&amp;D did not adopt individual initiative until 3rd edition. But I feel like it was a very common house rule at the time. Certainly every other rpg I played in the 80s did it (Rolemaster, Palladium Fantasy, Warhammer FRP, Talislanta). Was individual initiative a common house rule in AD&amp;D? #TTRPG #DND #ADND #OSR In the 80s I played:

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@Levold@mastodon.social 2026-07-25 16:49

@deinol@dice.camp TBH it was the early 90s, but before the 3E.

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@edchivers@dice.camp 2026-07-25 16:52

@deinol@dice.camp I last played AD&D in the early 90s, so not quite as long ago as you're asking but still a heck of a long time ago - I cannot honestly remember how (if?) we handled initiative. I can barely remember how THAC0 worked. Frankly I feel like that's probably a good thing :)

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@starhawk@dice.camp 2026-07-25 17:53

@deinol@dice.camp Adnd1e we played simple d6 side initiative. Adnd2e we rolled individually, I remember it was my first time actually using weapon speed rules.

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@mdhughes@appdot.net 2026-07-25 19:07

@deinol@dice.camp Eldritch Wizardry, and Holmes D&D Basic set have individual, DEX-bases initiative. But Basic D&D went back to side init, and AD&D's system as written is insanely complicated, unplayable nonsense. I switched to Palladium & RoleMaster. #ttrpg #dnd #osd #adnd

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@pteryx@dice.camp 2026-07-25 19:21

@deinol@dice.camp In BECMI, side initiative was the default but individual initiative was presented as an optional rule.

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