Ok the way I will do initiative: Firstly I will make an automated roll for both the players and the NPCs to determine initiative order. Players are then sorted into<em>blobs</em>which are usually 'before the NPCs' and 'after the NPCs' players may take their turn in any order within their<em>blob</em>(usually whomever posts first). This increases the speed of turns as there is less waiting on other players.<br/><br/>Example:<br/><br/><em>The DM rolls everyone's initiative (taking into the account bonuses etc)</em><br/><br/>Bob - 13<br/>Jack - 4<br/>Sally - 16<br/>Marna - 8<br/>Goblins - 11<br/><br/><em>Players are ordered by initiative and put into blobs</em><br/><br/>Blob 1 - Jack and Marna<br/>Goblins<br/>Blob 2 - Sally and Bob<br/><br/>The players in blob 1 go first in any order they wish, when they are done the goblins go. After the goblins blob 2 go. Rinse and repeat.<br/><br/>Hope that clears things up a bit  :-)<br/><br/>Also the IC thread is up.  :D<br/><br/>P.S. When the second party's treads start try to not read them as to avoid spoilers