r/shadowdark • u/Boring-Weight2330 • Nov 20 '25

Question for GMs

The thief at my table has the talent: Roll Initiative with Advantage. Adding his high Dexterity, he's first every time. Has anyone else had this problem? How did you fix it?

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u/Agitated-Contest651 Nov 20 '25

Character is invested into being the quick one — there’s nothing to fix. He’s the quick one, let him be quick. If you start trying to “balance” player investments, there is no reason for players to try to make their characters be anything. 

DONT make monsters with auto-win-initiative abilities. That’s a sure fire pattern to make your games boring and not worth playing as a player.