Narrating Initiative Results

By RLogue177, in Star Wars: Edge of the Empire RPG

Does anyone narrate the results of the initiative roll, or do you all just look at them for the order and move on to round one? If you narrate, how would you narrate the following:

GM George hollers, "You guys enter the docking bay where your ship is, but you have company! A bunch of stormtroopers and that guy you ticked off in the saloon last night come out from behind the stacked crates. He's wearing an officer's uniform! Roll initiative! Use Vigilance."

Harry says, "I have two successes and a Triumph!"

"One success, one Advantage!" Pete barks out.

Carrie says, "I rolled three successes and two Advantages."

Mark whines that he didn't get any successes, but he has two Advantages. Carrie rolls her eyes.

And George claims one squad of stormtroopers got a single success while the second squad got one and one Advantage. The Imperial officer leading them rolled two successes and one Advantage.

"Harry, your Triumph gives you an extra maneuver outside of your turn on the first round of combat. Speak up when and if you want to use it. But remember - only one free maneuver per turn; any others cost you two Strain each.

"So we have... PC, NPC, PC, PC, NPC, NPC, PC."

Only in so much that Triumphs and the free Maneuver needs to be explained. If I set a Difficulty for the PCs to roll initiative against because they're ambushed then I give some description of 'it' hitting the fan, otherwise not so much. Although there is seldom any action taken at the table without a healthy amount of corresponding 'it' talking going on anyway....

I do narrate any instances where a PC has a Trait that gives them an initiative to advantage.

Because initiative is flexable, I wouldn't necessarily narrate them with one exception: Trumphs. A character that rolls one usually has greater control of where he is in relation to the other players.

"As you turn toward the exit, you find the smug silutate of the smuggler, Baron Praxius Stride out around the corner with a blaster hosted firmly in the hand. While preoccupied with the white stormtroopers, he must have swept past your eyes!"