What IS Initiative?!

Initiative in Dungeons & Dragons is how the game decides who goes in what order. In Magic, it's a way to slowly accrue advantage over time, and explore the roots of the Undercity!

We'll have more of the What is...? videos coming out - if there's a particular mechanic you want to see explained, let us know in the comments!

[beefbelly]

Let's say I was a couple rooms into the Undercity. Another player takes initiative from me. I later regain initiative, do I continue from where I left off in the dungeon or do I start back at the beginning of the room?

[abdocode]

thanks for explaining only half of what initiative is

[julianskater]

Important question: when i have deck with initiative and enter the dungeon room 1, opponent gets initiative, does he enter dungeon room 2 or starts his own dungeon?

[adventcross]

If I play a card that let's me venture the dungeon while I have the initiative would I venture the Undercity if I'm already in the Undercity?

[DenisVelicOfficial]

You should get the initiative for drawing first blood. Would make the game a whole lot more interesting.

[DuraheLL]

But... do each player have their own copy of undercity? Or do we all share the effects and venture step by step together?
(if I take "the initiative" and the dungeon has been progressed twice, can I take it to the 3rd step? Or do I start on step 1 on my "own" undercity?)

[erikodinson]

Now, if I take the Initiative, and have not yet ventured into the Undercity, can I INSTEAD venture into one of the other Forgotten Realms dungeons?!