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<blockquote data-quote="schnee" data-source="post: 7196064" data-attributes="member: 16728"><p>It's easily built from the rules and a few rulings IMO.</p><p></p><p>Intruders making Stealth checks to get in place, vs. Passive Perception at disadvantage (which is -5). This is for sleepers and meditating Elves.</p><p></p><p>Attackers get auto-crit from Unconscious condition, which means low level mooks die easily. High level people have better honed senses so they flinch at the last minute, so they soak a critical HP attack but survive. Higher level people being better at doing the coup de grace is reflected in their high HP damage.</p><p></p><p>Every insta-kill done outside a Silence spell generates enough noise to give a Perception check to wake up. If it takes multiple attacks to kill one sleeping target, then the Perception checks to wake up are at Advantage.</p><p></p><p>The round a character wakes up they are considered in a surprise round, and don't act until their initiative next round, except for someone with Alert feat or similar ability. So, they are no longer auto-crittable, but they are still prone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="schnee, post: 7196064, member: 16728"] It's easily built from the rules and a few rulings IMO. Intruders making Stealth checks to get in place, vs. Passive Perception at disadvantage (which is -5). This is for sleepers and meditating Elves. Attackers get auto-crit from Unconscious condition, which means low level mooks die easily. High level people have better honed senses so they flinch at the last minute, so they soak a critical HP attack but survive. Higher level people being better at doing the coup de grace is reflected in their high HP damage. Every insta-kill done outside a Silence spell generates enough noise to give a Perception check to wake up. If it takes multiple attacks to kill one sleeping target, then the Perception checks to wake up are at Advantage. The round a character wakes up they are considered in a surprise round, and don't act until their initiative next round, except for someone with Alert feat or similar ability. So, they are no longer auto-crittable, but they are still prone. [/QUOTE]
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