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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 9023972" data-attributes="member: 6787650">Stop telling players it's not their turn to talk yet: abandon cyclic initiative.It's okay to have some kind of order to when you will RESOLVE action declarations (&quot;archery before move-and-melee&quot; for example) but there's nothing good that comes from telling the players they're not allowed to ask questions and begin actions yet.One method that works well for PBP is to resolve actions in the order they were declared, using speed or initiative (whatever exists in your game system) to break ties, and being fairly liberal about what counts as the same time. If the GM says &quot;the BBEG begins casting a spell&quot; and you say, &quot;oh yeah? Then I shove a foot of cold steel in his guts&quot;, the GM should treat that as a tie and break it with initiative, along with any other players who immediately barked out a response. Players who declare an action later, while the BBEG is still in the process of resolving his spell, are guaranteed to resolve those actions before the BBEG declares a new action even if they have a low speed (or initiative roll/score/etc.).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 9023972, member: 6787650"] Stop telling players it's not their turn to talk yet: abandon cyclic initiative. It's okay to have some kind of order to when you will RESOLVE action declarations ("archery before move-and-melee" for example) but there's nothing good that comes from telling the players they're not allowed to ask questions and begin actions yet. One method that works well for PBP is to resolve actions in the order they were declared, using speed or initiative (whatever exists in your game system) to break ties, and being fairly liberal about what counts as the same time. If the GM says "the BBEG begins casting a spell" and you say, "oh yeah? Then I shove a foot of cold steel in his guts", the GM should treat that as a tie and break it with initiative, along with any other players who immediately barked out a response. Players who declare an action later, while the BBEG is still in the process of resolving his spell, are guaranteed to resolve those actions before the BBEG declares a new action even if they have a low speed (or initiative roll/score/etc.). [/QUOTE]

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