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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5683880" data-attributes="member: 2011">Yeah, I typically will not use more than 3 different monster types, but that doesn't mean that two monsters of the same type should always go at the same time.This is a bit of a re-occurring theme with my current DM. He's a bit of a powergamer, so if there are two same type foes, they'll have the same init. He then has one foe move up and ready an action. The other foe then moves up and gets flank. The first foe's readied action goes off, so that foe now get CA. The other foe's action goes off with CA.I consider this gaming the system. With a more normal even distribution of monster inits with PC inits, the first foe in this example might have one or more PC inits occur before the second monster's init occurs. So sure, he could set up flank, but that doesn't mean that the flanked PC will remain in flank or that the other PCs might not kill or disable that foe first.I'm a big fairness proponent. I think that DMs shouldn't "game the system" like this and by having monster inits all over the place (abet often in the top half of inits due to their generally good bonuses), the game becomes more equitable. JMO.</blockquote>