<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=331477.msg15815424#msg15815424">Quote from: Vergil Tanner on 08-04-2021, 12:04:05</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I'm still not sure how combat will be handled. Will we get a map to identify locations? Or is it gonna be Theatre Of The Mind?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>This first encounter covers a lot of ground so there won't be a map for it.  Future encounters will be based on size, complexity, and expected difficulty...The warden encounter for the other SS game had 10 characters and I made at least 6 placement mistakes on those rough maps over 4 rounds.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=331477.msg15815421#msg15815421">Quote from: Muse on 08-04-2021, 11:57:43</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The Bat Carriage has arrived!   :)  <br/><br/>Shall we roll initiative?  <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Players all act first in block initiative, then the Trolgres, players, etc.  This situation has the players joining an encounter already in progress but future encounters may need initiative to find which group acts first.