diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 54e54de1f..9403982b0 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -5382,6 +5382,7 @@
                                                 <option value="2" data-i18n="Manual">Manual</option>
                                                 <option value="0" data-i18n="Natural order">Natural order</option>
                                                 <option value="1" data-i18n="List order">List order</option>
+                                                <option value="3" data-i18n="Pooled order">Pooled order</option>
                                             </select>
                                         </div>
                                         <div class="flex1 flexGap5">
diff --git a/public/scripts/group-chats.js b/public/scripts/group-chats.js
index 0fbd5b543..601432741 100644
--- a/public/scripts/group-chats.js
+++ b/public/scripts/group-chats.js
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ export const group_activation_strategy = {
     NATURAL: 0,
     LIST: 1,
     MANUAL: 2,
+    POOLED: 3,
 };
 
 export const group_generation_mode = {
@@ -880,6 +881,9 @@ async function generateGroupWrapper(by_auto_mode, type = null, params = {}) {
         else if (activationStrategy === group_activation_strategy.LIST) {
             activatedMembers = activateListOrder(enabledMembers);
         }
+        else if (activationStrategy === group_activation_strategy.POOLED) {
+            activatedMembers = activatePooledOrder(enabledMembers, lastMessage);
+        }
         else if (activationStrategy === group_activation_strategy.MANUAL && !isUserInput) {
             activatedMembers = shuffle(enabledMembers).slice(0, 1).map(x => characters.findIndex(y => y.avatar === x)).filter(x => x !== -1);
         }
@@ -1020,6 +1024,48 @@ function activateListOrder(members) {
     return memberIds;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Activate group members based on the last message.
+ * @param {string[]} members List of member avatars
+ * @param {Object} lastMessage Last message
+ * @returns {number[]} List of character ids
+ */
+function activatePooledOrder(members, lastMessage) {
+    const activatedMembers = [];
+    const spokenSinceUser = [];
+
+    for (const message of chat.slice().reverse()) {
+        if (message.is_user) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (message.is_system || message.extra?.type === system_message_types.NARRATOR) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (message.original_avatar) {
+            spokenSinceUser.push(message.original_avatar);
+        }
+    }
+
+    const haveNotSpoken = members.filter(x => !spokenSinceUser.includes(x));
+
+    if (haveNotSpoken.length) {
+        activatedMembers.push(haveNotSpoken[Math.floor(Math.random() * haveNotSpoken.length)]);
+    }
+
+    if (activatedMembers.length === 0) {
+        const lastMessageAvatar = members.length > 1 && lastMessage && !lastMessage.is_user && lastMessage.original_avatar;
+        const randomPool = lastMessageAvatar ? members.filter(x => x !== lastMessage.original_avatar) : members;
+        activatedMembers.push(randomPool[Math.floor(Math.random() * randomPool.length)]);
+    }
+
+    const memberIds = activatedMembers
+        .map((x) => characters.findIndex((y) => y.avatar === x))
+        .filter((x) => x !== -1);
+    return memberIds;
+}
+
 function activateNaturalOrder(members, input, lastMessage, allowSelfResponses, isUserInput) {
     let activatedMembers = [];