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<blockquote data-quote="krupintupple" data-source="post: 4029437" data-attributes="member: 58300"><p>hmm.</p><p></p><p>you know, i'm not entire sure, but i don't believe you can 'ready' actions outside of combat, otherwise instead of being ambushed you'd automatically activate the readied action to retreat or something. i'm foggy on the rules as it's nearly five am here, but i'm almost certain you can't ready outside of battle. although this would've ruined your preemptive attack upon the sentry, it also would've ruined his <em>divine sanction</em>? or whatever he laid upon you.</p><p></p><p>however, unless he had superior darkvision or a spell that neither requires sight nor specific targetting or something along those lines, i fail to see how he was able to flawlessly target and then attack you.</p><p></p><p>i also don't understand how most of the group was able to go from sleeping to fully active and combat ready, instantly knowing where your positions were, and flawlessly targeting you with spells. the only way i could think of this realistically happening, without the DM railroading you, would be if they knew you were coming and laid a trap, and were merely pretending to be sleeping. perhaps their mage was tracking you via scrying or something else, or had magic so as to allow the party to easily pierce the darkness of the night and attack so effectively.</p><p></p><p>failing that, your DM might've just been railroading you. at this point, i'd honestly like to know what the explanation was for such interesting NPC actions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krupintupple, post: 4029437, member: 58300"] hmm. you know, i'm not entire sure, but i don't believe you can 'ready' actions outside of combat, otherwise instead of being ambushed you'd automatically activate the readied action to retreat or something. i'm foggy on the rules as it's nearly five am here, but i'm almost certain you can't ready outside of battle. although this would've ruined your preemptive attack upon the sentry, it also would've ruined his [I]divine sanction[/I]? or whatever he laid upon you. however, unless he had superior darkvision or a spell that neither requires sight nor specific targetting or something along those lines, i fail to see how he was able to flawlessly target and then attack you. i also don't understand how most of the group was able to go from sleeping to fully active and combat ready, instantly knowing where your positions were, and flawlessly targeting you with spells. the only way i could think of this realistically happening, without the DM railroading you, would be if they knew you were coming and laid a trap, and were merely pretending to be sleeping. perhaps their mage was tracking you via scrying or something else, or had magic so as to allow the party to easily pierce the darkness of the night and attack so effectively. failing that, your DM might've just been railroading you. at this point, i'd honestly like to know what the explanation was for such interesting NPC actions. [/QUOTE]
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