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<blockquote data-quote="Rya.Reisender" data-source="post: 7020563" data-attributes="member: 6801585">I'm playing PbP and before I came to D&amp;D, I pretty much always did it so that players just stated what they want to do (all together) and then I decided what monster actions would be reasonable. And then I rolled it all out, including checks on who is faster in a conflict. And from the results I then described a detailed battle scene where every PC and monster does his actions and defensive maneuvers.Advantage:- You are done with a full round in only a day (assuming 1 post / day)- DM can do a really beautiful battle narration and put otherwise unrelated things together: &quot;X drops his sword, it hits the ground and makes a &quot;bling&quot; sound. The triggers the Orc next to Y to turn his head for a moment, looking at the sword. Y uses the opportunity to strike the Orc. Wounded, the Orc turns back to Y and launches a counterattack.&quot; etc.Disadvantage:- More work for the DM, thinking of all monster actions at once, doing all the rolls, thinking of a good narration, can easily mean you have to spent 2 hours every day on the game- Because of high DM freedom player may complain you acted out the battle in an unfair way- Does not work so well if you actually want to track movement (I did not)When I came to D&amp;D I used the initiative system as written and kinda liked it, because it usually meant much less work for me. So that a round doesn't take multiple days, I ask my players to still post ahead of time and when in doubt write their actions as conditions e.g. &quot;I'll attack the Orc if it's still alive, otherwise I'll attack the Wolf.&quot;I group the enemies together so that the PCs won't have enemy turns in between their actions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rya.Reisender, post: 7020563, member: 6801585"] I'm playing PbP and before I came to D&D, I pretty much always did it so that players just stated what they want to do (all together) and then I decided what monster actions would be reasonable. And then I rolled it all out, including checks on who is faster in a conflict. And from the results I then described a detailed battle scene where every PC and monster does his actions and defensive maneuvers. Advantage: - You are done with a full round in only a day (assuming 1 post / day) - DM can do a really beautiful battle narration and put otherwise unrelated things together: "X drops his sword, it hits the ground and makes a "bling" sound. The triggers the Orc next to Y to turn his head for a moment, looking at the sword. Y uses the opportunity to strike the Orc. Wounded, the Orc turns back to Y and launches a counterattack." etc. Disadvantage: - More work for the DM, thinking of all monster actions at once, doing all the rolls, thinking of a good narration, can easily mean you have to spent 2 hours every day on the game - Because of high DM freedom player may complain you acted out the battle in an unfair way - Does not work so well if you actually want to track movement (I did not) When I came to D&D I used the initiative system as written and kinda liked it, because it usually meant much less work for me. So that a round doesn't take multiple days, I ask my players to still post ahead of time and when in doubt write their actions as conditions e.g. "I'll attack the Orc if it's still alive, otherwise I'll attack the Wolf." I group the enemies together so that the PCs won't have enemy turns in between their actions. [/QUOTE]

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