Items that Add to Initiative

[Xavier319]

Are there any items or non-feats/traits that add to initiative? i'm curious b/c i'm having a hard time fitting improved init into my monk/ninja build. i have defensive combat training instead to jack my CMD up to silly levels. i already have reactionary. just curious

[Veldebrand]

Dusty rose ioun stone from seeker of secrets. 500gold. +1 initiative.

14000 gold dueling enchant on a weapon. If it's in your hand you get +4 initiative.

Those are the only two I know exist.

(on a mobile phone so I'm not able to search and link references)

[blackbloodtroll]

Any dex boosting item.

[Xavier319]

I like high init, but for a monk/rogue i figure having a really high CMD will do me more good than a +4 init. for a caster it'd be improved init, hands down, but i'm not sure for this character. so i'll try and get some other bonuses from elsewhere. hmm maybe i could get an item custom made that isnt an ion stone.

[Veldebrand]

I read it somewhere else on these forums, but winning initiative is like winning a coins toss during a sporting event. You can always defer if it plays into your strategy.

However, if you are feat starved, the only items are the ones BBT and I mentioned, so yeah, you do not really have many options.

[Xavier319]

yeah, it's between having a four higher CMB, or a four higher initiative. what do you think?

[NoneParticular]

I don't know of too many items that do that, but you can dip in wizard for one level and take familiar as your arcane bond and select Compsognathus to gain +4.

Also if you go that route, choose divination as your arcane school to gain the Forewarned supernatural ability. It gives you an initiative bonus based on half your wizard lv, min +1.

[Xavier319]

yeah, that dip wont work. good idea though, if kinda wacky.

[Xavier319]

also, a wand of anticipate peril, made at fifth caster level would work well. five mins of one use +5 init for not that much money. use it when you think you'll find trouble, and you should get 40-50 battles of +5 init out of it.

[Paladin of Baha-who?]

The Eldritch heritage (arcane) feat tree will get you a familiar with effective wizard level equal to your current character level minus 2 for the cost of two feats.

[Xavier319]

yeah, i'm taking that with my character, but using it to get a scaling inherent strength bonus from the orc heritage.