Black Knight Irios
Explorer
Does this mean you also allow your more intelligent and-or organized and-or lawful-aligned opponents the same consideration; that you-as-DM can set the order in which they act when not surprised? I ask because if you don't you're perhaps unintentionally giving the adventurers a rather significant advantage.
Also, is every character in the party lawful enough to always want to go along with such military-style sequencing?
Lanefan
Do you imply that only lawful characters are allowed to fight tactical? That makes no sense. That would mean that followers of chaotic deities who are themselves chaotic would behave like idiots on the battlefield because they are not lawful enough to use tactics?
I mean I do understand what you want to say. Does the chaotic raging Half-Orc barbarian really want to adhere to such tactical desicions? Maybe yes, maybe no.
But on the other hand, does chaotic mean that the character/monster has to act in a stupid way just to be more chaotic?
Does alignment impact every aspect of your life? I don't think so. But we are actually going to discuss alignment if we pursue this topic any further.