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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StalkingBlue" data-source="post: 1581787" data-attributes="member: 645">Yup, that's what I do when I play a spellcaster. <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=":)" /> I also try to cut spellcasters a bit of slack when I DM of course, for precisely that reason.  In those situations, I always find it helps to say things like, "Oh hell, there I am getting ready to Lightning Bolt and now *you* [other player] step into my path!" when that happens.  It focuses my mind as the spellcaster's player and alerts the DM that I may need a few instants to adjust my tactic if my turn is about to come up. But I still expect casters to be ready to act within seconds after the start of their turn.  We use a battle grid, and all that squares-counting for placing area spells causes more than enough time lag for my taste.  Fortunately I've just house-ruled magic in the Midnight game I run in a way that makes area spells on the whole a lot less interesting.  That happened for quite another reason (of course!), but I'm expecting a nice spin-off as to time spent counting squares.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> Yup. Everybody declaring actions at the beginning of the round would make Improved Initiative the most wanted feat in the book, seeing that whoever wins initiative has the best chances of getting their stated actions - for the losers on initiative, the situation on the battlefield might already have changed.  Not to mention it must be an absolute headache for a DM running more than, say, two enemies in any battle.  I often run battles with a dozen or more enemies against the PCs.  How am I going to remember every action I was planning for every NPC and monster on the grid at the beginning of the round?  Take notes?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></blockquote>

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