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Message: <blockquote data-quote="perrinmiller" data-source="post: 5602933" data-attributes="member: 88649">The group Initiative I am fine with, as long as we can coordinate actions so ranged attackers can go first before the others enter melee.  Things certainly go faster with that method.But, again that would assume people think that way and try to do better teamwork.  So far that has not been our strength yet, but we have not fought enough together to work that out either.Even with Initiative counts, I like delaying and 5ft steps to help coordinate attacks to take advantage of people's tactics.  I tend to feel that liberal use of readied actions  and 5ft steps can also help particularly when you know your opponent is going to come to you.This is something I wrote concerning use of group initiative for a DM workshop on another site:So I disagree that investing in Improved Initiative is wasted.  Unless your goal is to act before your allies, then it is not.I think it would be helpful IC and/or OOC to discuss general tactics so we know what people's preferences are.  Then during combat our characters can actually interact and talk to each other.</blockquote>