Hi had a question as i am a new GM.. so we have worked out initiative and the PC and NPC slots. combat happens and say a minion or rival NPC dies. which slot do i remove?

e.g.

PC

NPC

PC

PC

NPC

NPC

PC

NPC

You don't have to remove any, but in effect the bottom one "goes away," since RAW there are no more NPCs to take the slot So once you hit that last PC slot, it goes back to the top of the round since all the NPCs have already had their turn.

And a NPC can pick any available slot to act in. So they might want to act at the end or in the middle.