Good idea starting a new thread.

I'm 100% behind you on this and I'm pretty sure I have mentioned my concerns in the past. I personally find the Intiative rules in BoL Mythic to be unituitive and overly complicated and, like jasales, I feel that it impacts the flow of the game too much.

Another issue I have is with the extra advantage it gives to Heroes over Villains et al. This just doesn't sit right with me as Heroes have a lot of advantages as it is; sometimes knowing the bad guy can go first does add an extra element to decision making on the player's part.

One other thing (and this is purely a personal houserule I am looking to use) is that I am working on having a single task resolution roll establish the success of an attack, the amount of damage dealt by the attack, and the initiative for the next round. With the new Initiative rule in BoL Mythic this houserule will be stymied. That's just an aside but I thought I'd share it anyway.

One thing I will say is that if the Inititive rules in BoL Mythic remains I won't be upset or frustrated. One of the great strengths of BoL is that it is very much backwards compatible with previous iterations and it will be easy to continue with the Legendary rules on Initiative while embracing the rest of the Mythic rules.

I hope this doesn't come across as negative because I am very excited about BoL Mythic - I just don't like the new Initiative rules is all 

In the games we recently ran at IndieCon, nearly all sessions had the party split really 50/50 on success and fails.

Whilst The Git mentions that no one is forced to use the Priority Rules it is RAW for this version, that's why I'd like to clarify the above.

No he would not be immune to the attack, the attack would be directed at all characters in the oil, regardless of their priority.

Priority determines when characters take an action, it does not influence receiving the results of those actions in any way.

Yes, Priority Rolls are RAW. As far as I'm aware this is a concern by a minority.

To each his own of course, but I found the Initiative mechanic in Mythic to speed up play in my games.
That may be because most of my games are run online via Roll20 and so for an online medium it's much easier to lump who goes when based on groups instead of individuals, but for whatever reason, I find that I appreciate the system greatly. 

But has been previously mentioned, the beauty of BoL is how easy it is to adapt to one's preferences. 
 

My objection to the new initiative rules are more genre specific.

I'm fine with using Mythic initiative for Sword and Sorcery - I think it's a good fit for S&S.

But for pulp - or indeed any game set in the 19th Century onward, I'll keep using Legendary Edition with Brawl as a combat stat and the old initiative rules. The bloke who is a serious fighter using his/her hands and feet - boxer, martial artist, huge hulking thug - but useless with a gun or a blade makes sense IMHO in those sort of games. Moose Malloy in a hardboiled detective game, the Chinese assassin in 1920s Shanghai - these need a separate brawl attribute to work well. Conan I expect to be as good with his fists as he is with his sword. Your mileage with vary, no doubt.

More my issue with the substitution of Initiative for Brawl, I admit - rather than the Mythic initiative rules as such.

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