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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 7188971" data-attributes="member: 6685730">I was pondering similar issues the other day.  Not that I'd want my RPG to look like the Mummy 2, but cinematic fights tend to follow a single character until that character meets up with other protagonists, or at least hits a peak or a trough in the waveform of a fight.  The problem with following one character for too long is that you can follow him first and his buddy second, though they are effectively fighting at the same time, and if the buddy's fight is much shorter it raises the question: why wasn't he able to come to his comrade's aid?  What was he doing between his scene (which the GM played out second) ending and the first character's drawn-out fight?Another problem is spotlight-time.  In the first example, the faster-fighting buddy might feel shortchanged since the spotlight was on his companion longer.  He could be interacting with other players while he waits, but if you're not talking to the GM, you're not really having an effect on the world.This are just trade-offs, really.  What you get in exchange for these is more cinematic battles.  I don't think you'll find an "easy to adjudicate" system for this.  In my system, I'd probably break the battle down into rounds.  So each character gets a scene, but after three actions (one round) you'll still have to stop and let the other scenes play out.  If you finish your scene during a round, then you'll be able to hop into another scene in the next round.I guess anything is better than, "I swing.  I miss.  And I wait for six turns to try it again."</blockquote>

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