Is the issue that he is in stealth? I'll often have my ranger start combat from stealth with the others stealthed a short distance away, ready to be pulled in if she fails her re-stealth check after taking her first shot. I would be very sorry if the game were changed so that if anyone's in combat, everyone is in combat. If their portraits aren't included in the initiative lineup, I know I'll need to draw them in manually. At my convenience. I may want to keep someone out of combat so that they can cast an out-of-combat-only spell. I may want to pull Gale in at the moment when Magic Missile will have the largest impact.
