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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Asmor" data-source="post: 3407032" data-attributes="member: 1154">So here's something that I just thought of...Many GMs, myself included, only roll initiative once for entire packs of the same monster (i.e. a few rats or kobolds). Heck, I often do that for groups of enemies even when their initiative modifiers aren't the same.Anyways, in those cases or when the PCs are fighting a single enemy you end up with a situation where all the PCs go, and then the monsters go.I'm considering ignoring initiative after the first "monster" turn, and letting the players decide what order they take their actions each round. It's nothing they couldn't do anyway with some clever use of delaying. Only thing I see that breaks the rules is if they would all end up delaying to 1 more than the monster, and then a PC with higher dex wants to go after a PC with lower dex so technically would have to delay down to the monster's initiative. I think that's kind of an artificial situation, though, so I've got no problem allowing it.Basically, it'd go like this:Me: Initiative!(everyone rolls initiative, kobolds get a 15).Me: Ok, who beats a 15?(two players raise their hand)Me: Ok, you two go first. Decide amongst yourselves your order.(they take their actions)Me: Ok, the kobolds do such and such. Your turn.(all the PCs take their actions in whatever order they choose)Now, on the surface it doesn't seem fair since it looks like it gives an extra action to PCs who roll higher than the monster, but in reality that's exactly how it would work. Compare this initative:Adam: 20Bob: 17Kobolds: 15Carl: 12Dan: 9Official version: Adam and bob go. Then kobolds go. Then carl, dan, adam, bob. Then kobolds. repeat.My version: People who beat kobolds (Adam and Bob) go. Then kobolds. Then everyone (carl, dan, adam and bob, in any order). Then kobolds. Repeat.It seems like this would greatly simplify combat since I wouldn't need to keep track of initiatives. Downside is that it only works when there are exactly two sides (PCs vs. NPCs with same initiative), unless you want to get complicated and start splitting the PCs into subgroups.Is there any other downside I'm missing?</blockquote>

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