Here is an interesting question that came up in discussion with my group:
If Ones Initiative gets reduced to 0 or lower, they cannot act that turn.
Say you have a character who has only reaction and intuition of 2 each, and only 1 Initiative die.
He rolls horribly, getting a 1, but, he is a mage so he has Increased Reaction with 3 hits up, so
he is good. Enemy side mage goes ahead of him, and dispels the Increased Reaction, eliminating
the bonus that provides to initiative. Over the turn, this mage takes physical and stun damage
to give him -6 dice pool penalty between the two. Since wound penalties apply to initiative, and
apply immediately, this means that, at this point, the character has a -1 initiative score, and has
not acted yet. Does he still get to act?