[Gameplay] 2. The House of Pentheru

That's right. Sorry ianXian, my modified initiative system isn't a great teaching moment for Pathfinder.

I rolled an unmodified d20 for each of you, and compared it to the Foe's roll who had a +1 bonus. It's surprising how often I can just stop there, where the monster rolls so much better or worse, like above, that it's clear all the players will go first. Actually, Khadi only has a +0, if I recall correctly, so since I rolled a 2 for her technically she'd also go on initiative 2 same as the flying head, and there would be some kind of roll-off. So at this point, I'm really just applying the Pathfinder initiative rolls, only I'm only looking up your initiative bonuses after I roll.

The next modification is definitely a departure from the rules as written. Play-by-post is slow enough that resolving each player's actions in strict initiative order would take probably 10 times as long as doing what I do. You act in the order that you post, regardless of your actual initiative results.

Finally, this system results in the following result:
1) Everyone rolls initiative (or I roll for you to speed that up).
2) Those who beat the foe act first.
3) Then the foe acts.
4) Then all the PCs act-- this includes the PCs who act after the foe (the bottom of the first round) and the faster PCs (top of the second round).
5) Then the foe(s) acts, etc.