Likely World Area

[TH - The Hunt]

Or XP. In fact, 3000 XP costs 1 DP and gives you +2 to initiative, and 6000 costs 2 DP and gives +3, so it's more efficient to buy XP than initiative bonus, for that purpose. (Later on, initiative from DP will help more, though.)

[DM Juan]

"Yes" sort of. If you are multiclass, the calculus is different. And for the purpose of starting, correct. But a flat +X to domain initiative forever (domain tied, not character) is long-term potentially more useful.

[MS - Meaghan Smith]

No matter how many initiative bonuses I buy, they never seem to outweigh the number of '1s' I roll

[HW - Halmond Westerly]

No matter how many initiative bonuses I buy, they never seem to outweigh the number of '1s' I roll

Life can be a pure witch at times. I hate rolling 1's. It always foils well laid plans.

[BB - Bronzebeard]

Life can be a pure witch at times. I hate rolling 1's. It always foils well laid plans.

Since I have the same problem, I have learned to just make my plans assuming I will roll ones. Of course everything screws up when I don't roll 1, but that doesn't seem to happen that often.

[AaH - Avicerra al Hamam]

Well, you can sort of. I am thinking you can "prefer" a start location. And if overlap, it will be an initiative check. And you can buy initiative bonus.

For example if I want to play a dwarven regent and there are 5 others who choose to play one as well and they go before me do I have to play a dwarv in the lowlands or forests or would you allow another race? If location is taken before me where do I end up?

[TH - The Hunt]

If there were five Karamhul regents, more than one player would voluntarily change their concept. Even three might be a crowd. If there were as many characters with a favoured terrain as provinces with that terrain, that'd mean those with other favoured terrains would have 5+ provinces to themselves.

If you choose a location and someone else beats you to it, you choose a different location. There's more provinces than players, so eventually you'll receive one.

[DM Juan]

Tentative numbers, I think:

1-2 Dwarves
2-3 Orogs
3-4 Goblins
2-3 Sidhe
4-5 Humans (or half-humans, leading humans)
1 Halfling

[TH - The Hunt]

Hmm. Seems the forests are going to be booked solid right through autumn.

[WM - The Waste Mage]

class types?