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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taren Seeker" data-source="post: 2820601" data-attributes="member: 615">It's not who wins initiative; it's who takes initiative. The number one rule is that actions are life, and the side with the greater number of effective actions will most likely win.I can't tell you how many times my high level group has delayed so that one player with a good opening gambit (like a high DC Sunburst) can cut loose. After that everyone does what they do best and everything falls into place.The worst thing you can do in high level combat is to waste offensive actions. If the fighter can wait a little bit longer for that Heal then by all means, throw that empowered Comet Fall. If someone is disabled (ie: held, caught in a Solid Fog or an Evard's) you're usually better off taking out the caster of that effect then wasting an action pulling a party member out of the fix. If they aren't going to immediately die, then blast away. Also for casters, "blast away" doesn't always mean dealing straight damage; controlling the battlefield or throwing an extremely usefull buff can often be far more effective.</blockquote>