Initiative Ladder

At the top of the screen is the Initiative Ladder. It lets you know in which order warriors will take actions during the combat round, from left to right, based on the warrior's Initiative characteristic. Warriors with the highest Initiative will take their actions first.

Initiative is modified by:
 * The warrior's Alertness statistic
 * Equipped weapons and armour. Note that only the currently held Weapons affect Initiative, and thus one can manipulate the Initiative order of the next round by switching Weapons during the previous round
 * Enchantments in currently equipped weapons or armour
 * The effects of any consumables
 * Any skills or spells affecting a warrior's Initiative or Alertness statistics
 * Certain injuries
 * Certain mutations available to specific Cult of the Possessed warriors
 * Using the Delay action.

As warriors take their turns, the Initiative Ladder will empty until there are no more warriors shown. When the warrior with the lowest Initiative has taken their turn, a new Combat Round will begin and the warrior with the highest Initiative will take their next turn. Changes to Initiative values do not affect the ongoing Round, as the order of Initiative Ladder is determined only at the start of each Round.

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