Arcane Initiative Switch

You weave a strand of temporal arcana around the flow of battle, briefly exchanging your place in the initiative order with an ally. This spell manipulates the rhythm of combat, allowing a prepared mage to alter fate at the crucial moment.

When you cast this spell, choose one willing creature within range that is participating in the current combat encounter. You and the chosen creature immediately swap your positions in the initiative order.

• If the chosen creature has not yet taken its turn in the current round, they take their turn at your previous initiative count, and you take their place.
• If the chosen creature has already taken their turn this round, the swap occurs at the start of the next round.
• Neither creature loses or gains a turn from this effect; the order of turns simply changes.

A creature can willingly choose not to be affected by this spell.

At Higher Levels

When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can target one additional willing ally for every two slot levels above 2nd (maximum of three allies). The initiative order can be rearranged between all chosen creatures.