[Lord]

With spells such as haste, the description talks about how a 'hasted creature gains a -2 initiative bonus', so 'a creature moving at 6 and attacking once per round would move at 12 and attack twice per round.'

My question is, how can you find out your initiative, and what about these numbers '6 and 12?' I never really understood them, and until reading through the spells again, I thought that the higher your initiative, the better. But now I see that it says you gain a -2 initiative bonus, so how does it all work?