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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8367700" data-attributes="member: 6879661">Stylistically it’s up to you of course.For me, ‘roll for initiative’ represents that surge of adrenaline when you realize you’re about to be attacked. You see the threat, you realize the enemy is about to draw a weapon or cast a spell and your autonomic nervous system kicks in and that’s a dice roll.I would prefer a slight break from reality at this point if it mixes things up. Rather than the same character always be fastest or the the same character always go last. Or players always go before the monsters. (Heroes tend to up dex more than most monsters in the PhB, particularly larger ones).The phrase ‘roll for initiative’ is synonymous with ‘s#!ts about to get real!” If you are regularly having combats with trivial encounters with a broom then just don’t ask for initiative. Allow the broom to go first, then the barbarian and just let everyone else act in whatever order they want. I assume most combats in your game aren’t the equivalent to getting slapped in the face with warm yoghurt though.</blockquote>