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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 6436537" data-attributes="member: 545">Right.  In the bigger picture, the Wizard is denied the hyper-optimal choice of tactics because he rolled low for initiative.  Having rolled low for initiative, using the better initiative as a comparison point exaggerates the issue.  Rolling low on initiative has a natural cost that is intended to shape the decision space of the player.  The question what a PC does once s/he is stuck choosing from less than hyper-optimal choices.And, as you point out, it is not just what the wizard decides to do.  The rogue and fighter have choices, too, regarding how closely they decide to coordinate their tactics with the wizard.  They could have Readied actions, at the cost of their Reaction; not paying this price to have a better chance of attacking a hapless target is their choice to make.</blockquote>