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<blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 7100274" data-attributes="member: 6799649">Don't start combat with the door closed! Problem solved!No-one can take any Action In Combat outside of initiative; no pre-combat(!) attacks against an enemy, no Ready actions.If anyone wants to cast a spell outside of initiative they can (assuming it doesn't kick the fight off!) and they do not need to use (and cannot use) the Cast A Spell Action In Combat to do so; they just cast it.So, when the players are standing outside the door and casting buff spells on each other, no initiative, no Actions allowed or required (you just do stuff) and definitely no Readied Actions.It doesn't matter who kicks the door down because initiative hasn't been rolled yet.As soon as the door is open and anyone from either side can see anyone from the enemy side, determine surprise and roll initiative.When you watch police/military shows where the cops/soldiers have to break the door down, the guy doing the breaking is not the first in! He steps aside to let everyone else in!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arial Black, post: 7100274, member: 6799649"] Don't start combat with the door closed! Problem solved! No-one can take [b]any[/b] Action In Combat outside of initiative; no pre-combat(!) attacks against an enemy, no Ready actions. If anyone wants to cast a spell outside of initiative they can (assuming it doesn't kick the fight off!) and they do not need to use (and cannot use) the Cast A Spell Action In Combat to do so; they just cast it. So, when the players are standing outside the door and casting buff spells on each other, no initiative, no Actions allowed or required (you just do stuff) and definitely no Readied Actions. It doesn't matter who kicks the door down because initiative hasn't been rolled yet. As soon as the door is open and anyone from either side can see anyone from the enemy side, determine surprise and roll initiative. When you watch police/military shows where the cops/soldiers have to break the door down, the guy doing the breaking is [b]not[/b] the first in! He steps aside to let everyone else in! [/QUOTE]

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