<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=90903.msg4210745#msg4210745">Quote from: Tagan on 02-02-2011, 09:05:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Being very much last on the inititative, I suppose I'm pretty much waiting on everyone... so I should hold my action?  (Probably Moon Bolting an Eagle, but I can't be sure yet.)<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I guess my OOC post above (the one that starts Rounds and Initiative, about 6 posts above this one) wasn't clear: you should feel free to move / post in any order. And anyway Muse has posted so now you're the only player who hasn't posted for this round.<br/><br/>Not only that, but PC actions need not resolve (occur in-character) in the order they are posted: you can cooperate OOC and-or IC, give cues about preferred order (buffs before attacks, area effect attacks before single target attacks, etc.), and I generally try to resolve PC actions in the most favorable order. For example if Randal posts an attack, then Toria posts a Haste spell, Randal will get the bonuses from Haste (provided this works - for example, Toria doesn't need to move first to get in range to Haste Randal.)<br/><br/>The only reason I listed the initiative numbers in that post was to help explain why some people got a turn before the first (non-surprise-round) NPC turn and some didn't (those who beat the lizardmens' initiative of 17). I did that b/c in the last combat, it seemed to confuse people: you and a few others had lower initiative than the halfings, but still posted a turn 'first', and then another turn after their first turn, and so on, thus staying 'a round ahead' for the whole battle. Which you certainly can do if you want (I just resolve your chars' actions after the NPCs'), but i wasn't sure your realized that's what you were doing. The upside of 'getting a round ahead' is that it can speed things up (if you aren't around to post after the NPC turn), the downside is that you're choosing your actions without the information for what the NPCs will be doing on their turn. (and as I've said, people can do both: prepost, and then if the NPC turn changes your mind, repost.)<br/><br/>I also posted the initiative numbers to make certain everyone knew theirs: Ershin rolled her own after I posted hers, so I wanted to confirm the one I was using, and similarly Muse PMed to say he rolled but forgot to post his initiative, so again I had posted the one. Basically we had some players posting initiative in the IC thread, some OOC, and some not at all, so it's nice to have it in one place (even if the numbers only matter insofar as which side of 17 they were on.)<br/><br/>I apologize if posting the initiative numbers confused or misled you. Since you have the iPod small screen thing going on, would it help if I kept my OOC posts shorter? (If you had the initiative number list onscreen and not the explanatory text above it, it's probably easy to construe the implication that you hafta wait for a specific order.) I realize I've written more about initiative at this point that anyone likely cares to read, but my hope is that once it becomes clear to everyone, it will go without saying and work more expediently and smoothly going forward.<br/><br/>I'm currently waiting on turns for you and for Muse (both of whom have posted here in OOC, but not IC).<br/><br/>In summary: you never need to wait on other PCs' posts (unless you feel your decision will depend on theirs, in a way you can't specify conditionally in your post). You don't even have to wait on the DM / NPC post, although you should keep in mind that the NPC actions will still resolve first - and hopefully not confuse fellow players by being a round ahead, if their actions hinge on yours.