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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8400888" data-attributes="member: 6796468">Dude... It's been a part of D&amp;D for the entire time D&amp;D has been a thing. It's just a different way of handling how actions are resolved is all.And while you could do the whole blow-by blow map-setup, [USER=2209]@Voadam[/USER], it's just a lot easier to do it Theater of the Mind style so people don't retroactively try to maximize their action economy.As to &quot;Elaborating&quot; rather than just &quot;Claiming&quot; I'm gonna humor you this time. But you should to be careful about phrasings like that which can become incredibly contentious and shut down conversation swiftly.1) Roll initiative normally for the players. Do not bother rolling NPC initiatives.2) DM Declares the NPCs Actions and Intentions, makes all their rolls and writes down the results. This gives the players a small tactical advantage.3) Go down the initiative order to get the intended actions of your players.4) Make any appropriate rolls for attack/damage/whatever.5) DM writes down the results.6) DM spends the next however long describing how everyone's actions work out in a scrum rather than a specific order.7) Repeat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8400888, member: 6796468"] Dude... It's been a part of D&D for the entire time D&D has been a thing. It's just a different way of handling how actions are resolved is all. And while you could do the whole blow-by blow map-setup, [USER=2209]@Voadam[/USER], it's just a lot easier to do it Theater of the Mind style so people don't retroactively try to maximize their action economy. As to "Elaborating" rather than just "Claiming" I'm gonna humor you this time. But you should to be careful about phrasings like that which can become incredibly contentious and shut down conversation swiftly. 1) Roll initiative normally for the players. Do not bother rolling NPC initiatives. 2) DM Declares the NPCs Actions and Intentions, makes all their rolls and writes down the results. This gives the players a small tactical advantage. 3) Go down the initiative order to get the intended actions of your players. 4) Make any appropriate rolls for attack/damage/whatever. 5) DM writes down the results. 6) DM spends the next however long describing how everyone's actions work out in a scrum rather than a specific order. 7) Repeat. [/QUOTE]

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