Personally I like a bit of flair to go with my combat sequences. so I've devised a method that is a bit of work for me but I think it keeps the dramatic effect going

What I'd like for everyone to do when I call for initiatives is send me a PM (or post) with your initiative, and a handful of rolls and some actions if you want to do something fancy. In the PM/Post please contain the following:

Initiative roll: 1D6+DEX (I add the variable to add a bit of spice, heck sometimes people are caught flat-footed)

Offense actions: Roll all appropriate actions, these will occur IF the need to engage was successful (such as bypassing enemy to get at specific opponent). I will use this roll as an attack of opportunity as needed if Engage did not succeed OR your target dies to someone faster

Defensive actions: Roll at least twice and list the actions you wish to take. The second defensive roll will be taken at a -30%, and so forth for each subsequent roll. (3 dodges is -60% for example). If you do get hit, I will roll your armor for you, unless you truly want to do it yourself. In which case give me 2 Armor rolls as well.

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Example PM:

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Gonad the Barbarian
Here would be any thing "significant" that you would like to do/say.

06:10, Today: Gonad, rolled 16 using 1d6+14. initiative.
06:11, Today: Gonad, rolled 6 using 1d100. Engage. - Critical
06:12, Today: Gonad, rolled 20 using 1d100. Battle Axe. - Pass
06:26, Today: Gonad, rolled 12 using d8+2,d6. Axe Damage.
06:13, Today: Gonad, rolled 47 using 1d100. Dodge. - Pass
06:13, Today: Gonad, rolled 63 using 1d100. Dodge #2. - Fail

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End PM:

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I will take everyone stuff, translate it to a "combat scene" (while taking liberties based on actions that happen before yours) and post combining everything together

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Begin GM Combat Scene in Main thread:

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(Slippery the thief's action)
(Smug the Aristocrat's Action)

Gonad howls mightily as he slides by nearly everyone (Engage), eyes blazing as he centers on Cranky the Evil Dude. At the last second Gonad slides under the counter swing from Cranky (first dodge) to lodge a firm blow into his midriff. It is a clean cut as he is able to find that rare chink in the armor (06:29, Today: The Grey Lords, for the NPC Cranky, rolled 3 using 1d8+1. Armor.)
Cranky doubles over as blood begins to gush out of the wound. Gonad deftly returns to his feet in time to take a glancing blow on his left by Toadie, Cranky's follower. (Second Dodge)

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End GM Combat Post in Main thread:

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And so forth
I will not be posting the parts in orange as I feel they would break up a rather nice cinematic scene
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:51, Thu 29 Jan 2015.