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<blockquote data-quote="Theory of Games" data-source="post: 9624783" data-attributes="member: 7042201">Mutants &amp; Masterminds 3e:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Initiative is a combat thing and wouldn't come into play unless things go FUBAR. Then all involved roll and it's worked out as normal. If combat occurs in multiple scenes where maybe PCs 2&amp;3 have to neutralize security agents, then we run simultaneous, alternating scenes </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Skill-use normally takes a round (6 seconds), but in PC3's case, it's a long conversation covering consecutive rounds, while PC2 is executing a skill challenge (Stealth + Acrobatics) that takes consecutive rounds, and PC1 is performing their own multi-round Skill challenge (Technology + a related Expertise). PC4 is binge-watching The Wheel of Time <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)"&nbsp; data-smilie="22"data-shortname="(y)" /></li>
</ul>It's each player getting one minute of spotlight at a time to make decisions and roll dice - then on to the next player. Done right, it can be very cinematic (if you like that kinda thing).<img src="https://giffiles.alphacoders.com/114/114380.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="540x224" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Theory of Games, post: 9624783, member: 7042201"] Mutants & Masterminds 3e: [LIST] [*]Initiative is a combat thing and wouldn't come into play unless things go FUBAR. Then all involved roll and it's worked out as normal. If combat occurs in multiple scenes where maybe PCs 2&3 have to neutralize security agents, then we run simultaneous, alternating scenes [*]Skill-use normally takes a round (6 seconds), but in PC3's case, it's a long conversation covering consecutive rounds, while PC2 is executing a skill challenge (Stealth + Acrobatics) that takes consecutive rounds, and PC1 is performing their own multi-round Skill challenge (Technology + a related Expertise). PC4 is binge-watching [I]The Wheel of Time[/I] (y) [/LIST] It's each player getting one minute of spotlight at a time to make decisions and roll dice - then on to the next player. Done right, it can be very cinematic (if you like that kinda thing). [IMG size="540x224"]https://giffiles.alphacoders.com/114/114380.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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