Hmmm... that is a good idea for play by post games.  I could have avoided many issues in the past this way.  Thank you.  I think the only modification I'm going to make is that characters will be grouped according to their initiatives before it becomes PC vs NPC exchange.<br/><br/>For example:<br/><br/>Baradis: 19 initiative<br/>Kiva: 18 initiative<br/>Neeral: 17 initiative<br/>Taran: 16 initiative<br/>NPCs: 11 initiative<br/>Vannalys: 7 initiative<br/>Tamari: 6 initiative<br/><br/>Combat will start with Baradis, Kiva, Neeral, and Taran as they post in whatever order.  Then the NPCs will.  Low initiatives will still be penalized in this manner and combat will run smoother.  And the players and NPCs will exchange as per the combat idea that you mentioned.  I may implement this in order play by post games that I run.<br/><br/>If the majority are not opposed, I'll modify post with the house rules to reflect that.