| MagicA |
So the level 2 mystic spell affects the following
imposes a –2 penalty to ability checks, attack rolls, and skill checks. A target that succeeds at a Will saving throw reduces the duration to 1 round.
so by ability checks, what does that mean? Cause initiative is a dex check, so would initiative be affected?
| TranslucentDuck |
I wish I could give a better answer... maybe? In pathfinder initiative is explicitly called out as an ability check, in starfinder initiative is not. In fact, under checks on page 8 initiative is called out separately from ability checks.
That being said, ability checks are stated as "roll a d20 and add your modifier for the relevant ability score", so are initiative checks.