Recent content by ThePaladinWay

Well said, thanks! This sounds just right.

What I should have said was they did move to the door quietly, but were not entering the room trying to use stealth. When the encounter began, no one was trying to enter the room in stealth mode. That led me to think the surprise rules would not work. I have learned now the best approach is to...

Also good advice :-) I appreciate all the suggestions by everyone!

Good advice, as you and others have suggested!

Well, to clarify again, I'm assuming they moved quietly into position by the door (successfully used stealth or were very quiet approaching the door and not required by the DM to do a stealth check), so like a SEAL team, they did recon, got quietly into position to strike, then hit hard and...

I'm learning a lot from your different perspectives. Thank you all for sharing. I'd love to hear from more, as well as any more thoughts from those who have already assisted me. To clarify my original post, I was taking a specific situation and trying to understand the generalized way to handle...

Thank you all for your thoughts - I very much appreciated them all. Very helpful to hear the different perspectives. Good food for thought for me!

I’d appreciate hearing how other DMs handle these types of situations. Background: PCs know enemies are in a room. Enemies are unaware of PCs and not even ready for combat (playing cards, cooking, arguing, etc). PCs decide to burst into the room and attack suddenly, like a SEAL team. Not using...

I'm trying to figure out how many magic arrows/bolts to give out when I want to include magic ammunition in a treasure. For example, instead of a level 1-2 spell scroll, how many +1 arrows? I'd like to give my low level players some consumables besides potions of healing and spell scrolls ...