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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 4542526" data-attributes="member: 3586">Not really. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Honestly, if a wizard is in melee, for all but the shortest spells they're likely to be struck by a weapon before they can finish casting. They're more likely to be able to cast before ranged fire. You need to ask yourself if you actually want magic-users to be able to cast spells in melee or not. As I recall, Gary actually was using a d10 system in his own game...An inspired-by-AD&D system that would be slightly easier to work would be as follows:* Roll 1d6 for initiative for both sides.* The higher initiative roll resolves all of their melee/ranged attacks first.* If the losing die roll >= the casting time of the spells, then the winning side gets to cast their spells before they get struck.* The lower initiative roll resolves their melee & ranged attacks* The winning side resolves any remaining spells.* The losing side resolves all their spells.On the case of a tie in initiative, the lower weapon speed strikes first.On the case of charging, the greater weapon length strikes first.You may not fire a ranged weapon if someone is threatening you in melee. I might adjust the initiative of a charging character by their speed/distance ratio (so someone charging to the extent of their speed would strike last against spellcasters/missile combatants because they spend most of their round charging).Cheers!</blockquote>

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