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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8882090" data-attributes="member: 23751">That's the imaginary conceit, but if they were truly simultaneous in the fiction, combat would play out differently than D&amp;D combat does.&nbsp; D&amp;D combat doesn't allow for simultaneous combat to happen.People on 15 move before the people on 14 which results in the movement by the people going on 15 being incorrect for simultaneous combat. If it were truly simultaneous in the fiction, the people on 15 would be adjusting how they move and what they do based on what the people on 14, 12, 8 and 5 are all doing, and all of those people would also be adjusting based on what the other initiatives are doing.Instead, we can get a nonsensical situation where someone is 10 feet from the door, already moving in that direction, but because he lost initiative to goblins, 20 goblins can move from 50 feet behind him to 10 feet in front of him and cut off his exit.&nbsp; That's not simultaneous combat in the fiction.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8882090, member: 23751"] That's the imaginary conceit, but if they were truly simultaneous in the fiction, combat would play out differently than D&D combat does. D&D combat doesn't allow for simultaneous combat to happen. People on 15 move before the people on 14 which results in the movement by the people going on 15 being incorrect for simultaneous combat. If it were truly simultaneous in the fiction, the people on 15 would be adjusting how they move and what they do based on what the people on 14, 12, 8 and 5 are all doing, and all of those people would also be adjusting based on what the other initiatives are doing. Instead, we can get a nonsensical situation where someone is 10 feet from the door, already moving in that direction, but because he lost initiative to goblins, 20 goblins can move from 50 feet behind him to 10 feet in front of him and cut off his exit. That's not simultaneous combat in the fiction. [/QUOTE]

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