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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RisnDevil" data-source="post: 2476624" data-attributes="member: 15160"><p>On a large scale, it may not be mechanically sound, but can easily be justified to make sense though.  First of all, combat is not only taking place during your turn.  It is assumed that you are active, mobile, aware, parrying oncoming attacks, feinting at the enemy, and all other manner of things when it is not your turn.  So, although you were not relying on those commoners to help you out, they were an extra distraction.  BUT, for sake of arguement, even if they weren't a distraction at first, they would quickly become a distraction as the PCs all of a suddent notice the attacks that were directed at them, aren't now, and would look to find out why.  PLUS, when people die, especially brutally, they make noise.  LOTS of noise, that can be heard over fighting.  THAT is quite distracting and even unnerving.  Even then, as brought up, the character invested alot of "practice" (feats) into being trained to take advantage of these situations, why not let them?</p></blockquote><p></p>