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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 6677783" data-attributes="member: 6777737">Late, but:The general rule for us is that initiative is rolled whenever a hostile action is being taken by a PC or NPC.&nbsp; Sometimes, it's immediately after the first hostile action.We also roll initiative when multiple people are going to try to take actions at the same time.&nbsp; If that's not happening or the actions don't conflict with each other then there's no need.&nbsp; However, often player A will list 3 things that take 1 minute each, and player B will mention one thing that takes a single action and then they both want to know what happens.&nbsp; This basically stops the players from overwhelming the DM.&nbsp; We usually have 6-8 players.&nbsp; Sometimes it's necessary.We also roll initiative whenever the DM or player asks for it.&nbsp; Players and DMs sometimes do it to get a more discrete sense of time.&nbsp; Whenever time needs to be tracked round-to-round, it's often useful to establish an initiative even if there's not much purpose for it other than timekeeping.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 6677783, member: 6777737"] Late, but: The general rule for us is that initiative is rolled whenever a hostile action is being taken by a PC or NPC. Sometimes, it's immediately after the first hostile action. We also roll initiative when multiple people are going to try to take actions at the same time. If that's not happening or the actions don't conflict with each other then there's no need. However, often player A will list 3 things that take 1 minute each, and player B will mention one thing that takes a single action and then they both want to know what happens. This basically stops the players from overwhelming the DM. We usually have 6-8 players. Sometimes it's necessary. We also roll initiative whenever the DM or player asks for it. Players and DMs sometimes do it to get a more discrete sense of time. Whenever time needs to be tracked round-to-round, it's often useful to establish an initiative even if there's not much purpose for it other than timekeeping. [/QUOTE]

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