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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MadLordOfMilk" data-source="post: 4529222" data-attributes="member: 77691">I could really use some advice. I've been slowly getting combat to go faster, but there are a couple spots things seem to drag out a little.My biggest slowdown usually happens right at the beginning of combat - that is, rolling everything's initiative. Sure, I can roll several d20s, but when you have to roll for 6-10 creatures and write down all the players' initiatives then write the order of who's going when... there any easy way to speed up the startup time?Players can also take longer than they should. I'm usually counting out 6 seconds in my head for them to start saying something (and if they don't they delay automatically) but that usually doesn't come into effect. It's usually, "ok, i'm going to uuuuuuuuse... this power which iissssss str vs ac so that's... 22?" "hit" "ok, now that's... 4+3+7... umm...14 damage." I've been pushing stuff like rolling all your dice at once, being ready once your turn is up, etc. but I can only do so much without being a jackass about it.Also, after a couple sessions I'm starting to see a bit of a pattern. My players like to stay in clumps and in general don't move around too much in combat. We're doing KotS and I really have had trouble just drawing them into different areas in the battle. For example, in Area 3: Excavation Site (the room with all the moveable planks) they pretty much stayed just barely inside the corner of the room or in the hallway and used ranged attacks against everything that wasn't close. The room seemed like it had all kinds of potential for interesting combat and environmental manipulation but it was all wasted because they stayed crammed in the corner. :\ Is there anything I can do about that? I even tried giving the monsters superior cover most of the time based on their positions and it wasn't enough to convince them to move in, particularly as I had to do SOMETHING with the guard drakes which meant giving them a melee target.Sorry for the minor wall of text! Thanks in advance for any responses.</blockquote>

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