tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post2301622868543892627..comments2024-03-28T21:13:43.603+09:00Comments on What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...: Combat Round ResolutionDennis Laffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03053699552003336733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post-26896555376027879452020-09-29T09:36:26.109+09:002020-09-29T09:36:26.109+09:00I ran phased initiative by the book for a long, lo...I ran phased initiative by the book for a long, long, <em>long</em> time. No more. Too confusing, too easy to miss things, and <em>way</em> too much of a hassle to adjudicate movement when initiative is simultaneous.<br /><br />I still use group initiative, but now I make the players pick a caller, who then reports a list of everyone's actions in the order that they players want me to adjudicate them. Much cleaner, and the players are more likely to think tactically as a group.John Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06522143715905888511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post-85878464148155238082020-09-29T02:13:59.473+09:002020-09-29T02:13:59.473+09:00I see the whole point of separating movement from ...I see the whole point of separating movement from missile fire and melee as being dependant on miniature focused play. Movement determines when combatants are 'trapped' in melee combat; one person moves into melee range with another, that second person cannot now move, they are engaged in melee, that is where the retreat and disengage actions come into play. With theater of the mind, movement and who is engaged in melee can be more abstract and vague.Lance Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817319325489613672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255299705122830812.post-43353663082138493802020-09-28T19:40:20.650+09:002020-09-28T19:40:20.650+09:00I’m in a similar boat. I often forget, but tactica...I’m in a similar boat. I often forget, but tactical situations like you describe are exactly when phased rounds make the most sense. For one thing it allows retreat or rather highlights it as a viable option because it can actually avoid a whole phase of danger. Daren Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489012945692828480noreply@blogger.com