| Author | How is the initiative +% calculated? | 
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| Hi! 
 I am currently level 2 in the hunter guild, level 1 in the laborer's guild and level 1 in 3 factions other than my current faction (I want to try every faction for 1 faction level before deciding which I am going to play).  I am not wearing any artifact.  Looking at the experience table, I do not see anything that should increase my initiative, but I have +3%.  Why?  Where does it come from?
 
 Bye!
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| elf racial bonus | 
| Well, I do not see anything about that on the help webpages, except a little note saying elves have one of the highest initiative in the game.  I thought they meant the creature elves can recruit have high initiative and that is certainly true. 
 I guess a table somewhere indicating the initiative bonus per level per faction would be appropriate somewhere, maybe in the unique faction abilities.
 
 Thanks.
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| https://www.lordswm.com/help.php?section=8 | 
| Take care also about the 10% divergence in the stack (somebody with 15% initiative can take precedence over someone with 20% - happened to me). | 
| Yeah well i heard someone say that initiative is desregarded in the first round? Is this true? 
 Also does speed play ANY factor here like it did in HOMM?
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| About 10% divergence - it's explained nicely here: https://www.lordswm.com/forum_messages.php?tid=1832909
 
 Speed=how far a creatur can move when it's their turn.
 Of course it matters, and greatly.
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