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<blockquote data-quote="lukelightning" data-source="post: 4980070" data-attributes="member: 9745">I am firmly in the &quot;give the players a bit of a break&quot; camp. Even a level 1 fighter probably has 10x the tactical knowledge and skill that I have; I can easily explain players' constant communication, etc. during combat as the result of &quot;off camera&quot; tactical practice that the party participates in, or at the least tactical discussion.&nbsp; When the PCs have downtime, surely they talk about their combats and what they should have done and how to improve.So when Ranger Rick is sitting there and the player can't decide which target to charge and attack, or which power to use, and other players chip in with advice, etc. I assume that at some previous time the PCs have talked about a similar situation and come up with a reasonable solution.Of course, as players get more and more experienced, I hope the amount of time required for decisions drops (In my game I&nbsp; am planning on instituting a 5-second rule for deciding what you are doing, and possibly even a chess-like rule of &quot;once you take your hand off the mini, it's there... no takesy-backsey!&quot;)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lukelightning, post: 4980070, member: 9745"] I am firmly in the "give the players a bit of a break" camp. Even a level 1 fighter probably has 10x the tactical knowledge and skill that I have; I can easily explain players' constant communication, etc. during combat as the result of "off camera" tactical practice that the party participates in, or at the least tactical discussion. When the PCs have downtime, surely they talk about their combats and what they should have done and how to improve. So when Ranger Rick is sitting there and the player can't decide which target to charge and attack, or which power to use, and other players chip in with advice, etc. I assume that at some previous time the PCs have talked about a similar situation and come up with a reasonable solution. Of course, as players get more and more experienced, I hope the amount of time required for decisions drops (In my game I am planning on instituting a 5-second rule for deciding what you are doing, and possibly even a chess-like rule of "once you take your hand off the mini, it's there... no takesy-backsey!") [/QUOTE]

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