Prepare for Action

What do you do with a split group when combat breaks out?

Pat and Che discuss combat mechanics and pacing in role-playing games. Pat explains his approach to handling combat in his Star Trek campaign "Imminent Destinies," where he uses action time (one minute) rather than the traditional one-second combat system to allow multiple concurrent actions by different player characters. He details how he implements burst combat (3-second periods) and transitions between normal time, action time, and combat time to maintain momentum while enabling split-party scenarios.

Thanks to Alex M for the call-in that inspired the episode.

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