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When I am describing a room that has enemies in it my group (particularly my sorcerer) immediately wants to cast a fireball into the room and initiate combat like that. I've started to have them roll initiative anytime they walk into a room with enemies but that doesn't allow for things like the BBEG from doing his big speech before he start having to fight.

Has anyone else had groups like this and what have you done about it?

I say them them do it. First have a hallway leading to a grand room. Let the sorc cast fireball and cut off the description only to find the BBEG's personal wizard had used divination and found out about the party's particulars and made the door to the grand room invisible only 15 feet from the hall entrance. Unfortunately those sacks of "flour" stacked up along the hallway walls you were going to describe were filled with sleeping powder... just my thoughts.

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Check the 3rd party Ultimate equipment guides 1 and 2 and "More". Its what i norm use. I dled the pdfs about 4 years ago from a friendly DM.