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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 4113108" data-attributes="member: 29398">First off, to Oryan77: if you don't want spell placement to always be precise to the millimeter, let them declare their target point and then make them roll to aim to hit it.As for the main topic, my problem is much larger in scope: I don't like the rigid and unrealistic feel of strictly-in-order turn-based combat.  I want things such as movement and spellcasting to take measureable time, during which other people can do other things.  I want initiative to be rechecked each round, or at least far more often than just once per combat.  People should be able to talk in character whenever they want (unless the DM asks them to stop, or they're in Silence).  And so on.An example of one big annoyance I have with a strict turn-based system: say two characters are standing together at position A, and want to move *together* to position C and then attack the enemy from there whenever an opening arises (in game terms, a move-and-attack sequence for each).  The higher-init. character holds until the lower init. arrives but the dictates of turn-based rules say they still have to move one at a time!  If one is relying on the other for guidance or light to cross the space, say, it can't happen; and no matter what, one character has completed her move and attack sequence before the other has taken a step - even though they both want to move (and maybe attack, but that doesn't matter here) together.Allowing people to talk only on their own turns only makes this problem worse. <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=":)" />Lanefan</blockquote>

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