My experience with previous RPs was: No  need to wait in order of initiative for combat.<br/><br/>Situation is set up: Ambush<br/>1: Goblins ambush deal first round of damage and whatnot.<br/>2: PCs roll initiative in post and their first moves in reaction to ambush<br/>2a: PCs show to hit and damage as they describe actions<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">in secret</div><div class="spoiler_body">hidden text</div></div>so as to not bog down the post with extra text/numbers.<br/>3: DM resolves which goblins die and if two characters are targeting the same thing, either its an extra squishy death, or the PC that went last gets to edit/redirect their attack. (Or DM redirects for them to the next nearest target if cleared with player)<br/><br/>I don't know if you guys are up for that and I know it puts a bit more strain on DM but that's what (s)he's here for, isn't it?