Honestly Andres I don't know what you're talking about; why would clubber always be on the defensive? He could have easily just put essence into speed for his initiative and gone first. They just didn't do it in this particular example.
This puts things into perspective. I thought because of this:
Oh good, you're both here. First I'm gonna have to roll speed to see which one of you actually goes first...And Dumbo actually goes first.
Remember, I roll speed in the beginning for initiative. It's unconnected to the speed rolls for actually performing actions, though you can dump essence into it.
...that initiative is something only determined by a base Speed stat and a roll while Essence-boosted Speed is only for actual combat. I misinterpreted. But still, does that mean that you need to boost your Speed twice with Essence (once for initiative and once for combat)? Would any boosts you used to get initiative remain in combat?
And no, you have to remember that PVP isn't what this system is for. It's pve.
Ok, I guess it could work so long as none of the players got into a fight with one-another. Now that I'm here, is there any reason one magical girl would fight another?
1.Enter combat, roll initiative for everyone, post listing of initiative numbers and order. Do any actions for NPCs above players in the order.
2. Players post their actions. First player would probably post first but because they're fighting NPC's they could post in any order. They have the charts, they don't need to wait for me to do anything.
3. play out the turn with the posted actions.
4. Start over.
Wait, you roll intiative just like that? You forgot to give people a chance to boost their Speed and get better initiative.
No, no, that's good.
Wait, actually, I do have a question, say I wanted to use my wind affinity to send myself rocketing into my enemy, would that be purity or courage?
Also, fun fact Andres, if I just ran at you and got about a 13, I would reach you in about 14.35 seconds, that's Usain Bolt speeds.
In any case, let's go charge (5 essence to max speed roll and 10 to min) at full speed, looking to impale her.
Edit: Well, this is PvP, while most of the game would be against GM controlled enemies, though that's still a bunch of actions.
In that case, courage, because you're using it offensively.
So if I wanted to flash step behind someone and slash them, it would be Courage? What if I wanted to flash step from one building to another? If I had 200 Courage and 0 Purity, I'm guessing I could probably do the former but I'd be unable to do the latter.
Ok, so Dumbo's submitted his actions. What do I need to do now?
Well, the boost to initiative would be you using essence to boost your reaction speed. So any boosts to your initiative roll would also count toward the reaction roll, and any instances of rolls relating to how fast you react. It wouldn't help you with running fast, because thats something entirely different.
They might fight one another, but That would be rare enough that, while it would slow things down, it wouldn't be constant. And we could probably handle that on IRC, which would make it much faster.
Well, I would assume that players would know about the initiative roll so it would be like "I attack that thing, put 10 into initiative."
Well, lets see here: Dumbo is currently running at you at 40 miles an hour (rolled 17 in speed), attempting to skewer you with his rapier. His Initiative roll was 12, so the major thing I'd tell you to do is stick some essence in speed so you can react, and then choose how to handle a guy running at you with intent to penetrate you against your will.
Common problem for japanese school girls, I've heard.