Posting method:<br/><br/>Right now I'm looking at having me throw down a post, letting everyone either respond or to let me know in some fashion that they pass because their character isn't doing anything notable, and then I'll post again.<br/><br/>If your character isn't going to do anything for a particular "round" of posting, all you have to do is let me know through one of the various messengers, and I'll skip over you.  It's easier than having someone forced to throw together a paragraph of saying nothing if the person is predominantly busy.<br/><br/>For initiative, my current plan is to have everyone roll initiative, and then everyone who goes before the NPCs can go, the NPCs go, and then everyone gets a round without having to worry about posting order.  Orpheus is actually designed to have an L5R-type of initiative, but since that can be difficult for forums, I'm going to try out this way instead.<br/><br/>Init example for what I'm thinking:<br/><br/>Bob (PC) - 13<br/>Jane (PC) - 11<br/>Spectres (NPC) - 9<br/>Joe (PC) - 7<br/>Steve (PC) - 3<br/><br/>Bob and Jane would get to go, then the Spectres, then all four of the PCs would go, then the Spectres, then the PCs, etc.  However, if Jane posted faster on the initial round, she could go before Bob.  Likewise, after the spectres go, anyone can go in any particular order just based on how quickly they post.  In my experience, it helps speed things up significantly, but if it ends up having its own problems, we can go back to the normal method.