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<blockquote data-quote="DrSpunj" data-source="post: 4706546" data-attributes="member: 994">Since I usually have 2-4 various creatures and/or types in a battle I usually roll their initiatives separately (ahead of time to save time). That means the Goblin Hexer, Goblin Warriors, the Sharpshooters &amp; Cutters (Minions) are all at their own initiative. Since Nail now runs our magnetic Combat Pad initiative board and gives people a heads up about their upcoming turn (including my multiple groups) I really like having different baddies going at different spots in the initiative.This is certainly one place where I know putting all the mobs at one spot in the initiative would definitely speed up our play but I just don't find that type of battle to be very fun, personally. It turns the combat into an overly complicated ping pong match if it's just &quot;Party goes, Mobs go, Party goes, Mobs go&quot;. Things are more fluid for both sides this way which I think adds a lot of tactical choices for everyone involved but admittedly costs a good chunk of time. Is it worth it is a question each group will have to ask themselves, of course.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DrSpunj, post: 4706546, member: 994"] Since I usually have 2-4 various creatures and/or types in a battle I usually roll their initiatives separately (ahead of time to save time). That means the Goblin Hexer, Goblin Warriors, the Sharpshooters & Cutters (Minions) are all at their own initiative. Since [b]Nail[/b] now runs our magnetic Combat Pad initiative board and gives people a heads up about their upcoming turn (including my multiple groups) I really like having different baddies going at different spots in the initiative. This is certainly one place where I know putting all the mobs at one spot in the initiative would definitely speed up our play but I just don't find that type of battle to be very fun, personally. It turns the combat into an overly complicated ping pong match if it's just "Party goes, Mobs go, Party goes, Mobs go". Things are more fluid for both sides this way which I think adds a lot of tactical choices for everyone involved but admittedly [i]costs[/i] a good chunk of time. Is it worth it is a question each group will have to ask themselves, of course. [/QUOTE]

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