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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 5152578" data-attributes="member: 704">Ok, so I spoke with Eryiedes in the maptools sever, and we played around a bit.  After an initial problem with the macros not being added to the campaign window / not being visible, we discussed the macros and the initiative window.In the end, we were able to get the initiative window up and functioning.  Having done at least that much, here is what I want to try.  Using the initiative macro's as they exist now has the following trade offs.Pros: - The initiative window will perfectly track initiative for every player and monster.  This means no one will have a missed turn (PC or Monster). - Rolling a different initiative value for large groups of similar monsters is trivial for DM.  If we ever fight 30 minions, we wont need to have all 30 go at the same initiative, and the DM wont have to roll and manually track 30 different initiative values. - No more problems with initiative order arising from Held or Readied actions. - Possible to automate the +2 init bonus for being within 10 of the Warlord (assuming all PC's initiative handled by macro).Cons: - The DM will have to set the initiative for each player, either by using a macro himself, or by setting it manually. - In order to use the macro that automatically adds the PC to the initiative cycle and rolls his initiative, PC's, each PC token needs to have a property called 'Initiative' (not a default property). - Any adjustments to PC initiative must be done by DM.At first glance the system does not seem to make a substantial difference to Eryiedes, and there are some concerns about getting it to work correctly.  His biggest concern is that he does not like the idea of the DM rolling initiative for the player.  We can get around that though by having the PC roll it and then letting Eryiedes enter it manually.I want to run a quick one off battle with myself as DM within a week or so to give the macros a shakedown.  Then maybe a 2nd quick battle with Eryiedes as DM so he can try using the macros.  If it turns out that the group as a whole like using the initiative window for tracking initiative, then we can try it in our regular game.So what say the rest of you?  I am not suggesting we try the macro's until after I get a chance to test them out, and if the possibility that the DM may have to roll you initiative bothers the rest of you, then we should probably not bother.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

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