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<blockquote data-quote="CalicoDave" data-source="post: 1687116" data-attributes="member: 20845">I've DM'ed a group as big as 9 PC's before.&nbsp; Many of the previous ideas are good, especially the initiative card.&nbsp; My group (currently 6 PC's) uses them and it really speeds things up.&nbsp; Just don't put anything but offensive abilities on the card, because if you put Hit Points or saves you'll always be flipping through the cards and messing up the order.&nbsp; Also, putting the PC's Dex on their card is a good thing as then you won't have to ask each time there's a tie in initiative.When getting the initiative value for the card, I find that it's quicker to go around the table and ask rather than calling out &quot;anyone higher then 20...&quot; etc.&nbsp; When I go around the table the same way everytime, the players pretty much figure it out and are ready, but when calling out the numbers there's always someone not paying attention and I have to back track.&nbsp; There can also be wasted time if the second lowest is 15 and the lowest is 2.&nbsp;&nbsp; <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> With the players' characters I really don't know the specifics of the characters.&nbsp; I really don't have to worry about them intentionally cheating so I can let the players do their own thing.&nbsp; When I make up challanges I just make something up without regard to a specific character having the solution; they'll always come up with something as a group.I also just let the players get as involved as they want.&nbsp; If one just wants combat and he's happy just to sit 'till it happens then that's OK with me.&nbsp; The players can pretty much generate as much face time as they desire for themselves.D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CalicoDave, post: 1687116, member: 20845"] I've DM'ed a group as big as 9 PC's before. Many of the previous ideas are good, especially the initiative card. My group (currently 6 PC's) uses them and it really speeds things up. Just don't put anything but offensive abilities on the card, because if you put Hit Points or saves you'll always be flipping through the cards and messing up the order. Also, putting the PC's Dex on their card is a good thing as then you won't have to ask each time there's a tie in initiative. When getting the initiative value for the card, I find that it's quicker to go around the table and ask rather than calling out "anyone higher then 20..." etc. When I go around the table the same way everytime, the players pretty much figure it out and are ready, but when calling out the numbers there's always someone not paying attention and I have to back track. There can also be wasted time if the second lowest is 15 and the lowest is 2. :) With the players' characters I really don't know the specifics of the characters. I really don't have to worry about them intentionally cheating so I can let the players do their own thing. When I make up challanges I just make something up without regard to a specific character having the solution; they'll always come up with something as a group. I also just let the players get as involved as they want. If one just wants combat and he's happy just to sit 'till it happens then that's OK with me. The players can pretty much generate as much face time as they desire for themselves. D. [/QUOTE]

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