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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Liminal Syzygy" data-source="post: 1284241" data-attributes="member: 1373">Something that comes up from time to time in my campaign that I struggle with is when to stop combat, thus cutting off readied actions, and when to ask for an initiative reroll.Specifically when my group is fighting incoporeal undead, earth elementals, or similar creatures who can retreat into the floor/walls and then emerge from other directions... and do this multiple times in battle. Sometimes it's difficult to adjudicate.I don't think allowing everyone to get off their readied actions when such a creature re-emerges is a good solution. This is both because it obviates the tactic of retreating and reemerging AND because I find it hard to believe that the PCs could maintain awareness 360 degrees around them, particularly if the opponent can come from below or above as well.Until now I have been asking for an initiative reroll each time, but that arguably isn't fair either as some of the PCs may be able to get off their actions, and specifically for a spectre or other creature with high initiative, it can make them much much tougher to beat.Any thoughts?</blockquote>