If I create either a mindless contruct or an intelligent contruct, do they always have to roll their own initiative check each time we have an encounter with an enemy? or do they use my own initiative check instead like for example familiars, pets and companions? why wouldn't a construct use its master's initiative check for battles?
Are there any rules about this on the books?
Thank you.
Every creature uses its own initiative EXCEPT summoned creatures (that act during its summoner turn).
Even familiar, pets, eidolon and animal companions act during their own inititive.
Then why everyone uses familiars, pets and animal companions under their own intiative checks? what about cavaliers? it wouldn't make sense that their companions acts on under own initiative check don't you think?
They just do that to streamline combat or, occasionally, the animal or familiar would wait until it's master acts to act itself.
The master will act first most of the times due to the low initiative check that pets, familiars, companions, constructs have so if for example what would happend if a cavalier rolls 20 on his initiative check, his pet rolls a 7 and the enemy rolls a 14 ?
If everyone does it with their pets for streamline combat then why can't I do it for my contruct creation ?
I imagine each DM handles this type of thing in their own way, so you should ask your DM how he wants to do it.
Personally, I would have the construct act on the PC's initiative, just like I would with summoned creatures, animal companions, and the like.
If everyone does it with their pets for streamline combat then why can't I do it for my contruct creation ?
Everyone doing it with their pets is a houserule. You would need to ask your GM if you can do the same.
By the rules, though, everything has its own initiative score. Including animal companions and familiars.
Hmmm I see, so they made classes like the cavalier for example counting that every single DM was gona house rule that the animal companion was gona go with the cavalier's initiative ?
What if we play with a hardcore ''by the rules'' DM for example :/.
Mounts actually do work differently then animal companions and familiars.
Mounts in Combat: Horses, ponies, and riding dogs can serve readily as combat steeds. Mounts that do not possess combat training (see the Handle Animal skill) are frightened by combat. If you don't dismount, you must make a DC 20 Ride check each round as a move action to control such a mount. If you succeed, you can perform a standard action after the move action. If you fail, the move action becomes a full-round action, and you can't do anything else until your next turn.
Your mount acts on your initiative count as you direct it. You move at its speed, but the mount uses its action to move.
Alright, makes sense for me that ''mounts'' and riders shares their initiative. What about familiars, pets/companions? do they have an specific rule with the initiative? or they have to throw their own initiative?
They have their own initiative.