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FitzTheRuke replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.Back to the OP (original premise in this case): I find the narrative dissonance of, say, getting shot, and then standing around while... -
FitzTheRuke reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with
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I am not sure i have ever followed the exact rules in any edition. It is just one of those things I think the fiction itself determines... -
FitzTheRuke reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
I am guessing the issue was the powerfully impactful nature of getting two full rounds of actions when someone gets surprise and wins...
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FitzTheRuke replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.@mearls has a neat approach in his Moldvay project, where he's given the ranger the ability to grant their Stealth result to allies. I...
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FitzTheRuke reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General Alright, Forgotten Realms junkies! a Q or two. with Like.
Yes. Seriously, settings are pretty edition neutral. The rules in the places that they show up at all are likely 5.5e, but the setting...
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FitzTheRuke replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.Surprise doesn't even need to be a factor for that strangeness to occur, if you let it! (Again, I feel like it's easily mitigated by...
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FitzTheRuke reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
I could be wrong, but I think Viva La Dirt League did do a sketch about initiating combat but rolling lower for initiative than the...
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FitzTheRuke replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.When a combat is designed to last 3-5 rounds, having two rounds of attacks before the surprised side gets to go (as could happen in...
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FitzTheRuke reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
I strongly suspect the point is to nerf ambush strategies. Surprise is busted powerful in 5.0. Personally, I’m fine with that being the...
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FitzTheRuke reacted to Artamo's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Why do you dismiss what people write so casually as nonsense? That’s a pretty accurate statement of the way 2024 breaks down, and a...
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FitzTheRuke reacted to Hriston's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
3. Describe the ambusher beginning their attack, which starts combat and "surprises" those combatants who were unaware. Then everyone...
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FitzTheRuke reacted to Aurel Guthrie's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Because that's how it works RAW. In 2024 d&d, if someone unseen makes an attack, you roll initiative, with the surprised creature...
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FitzTheRuke reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
I mean there are a couple of options under the rules for this scenario. 1. They can take a dodge action to represent them going on high...
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FitzTheRuke reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
The ninja isn't standing mid swing right next to the victim such that no time passes in-between surprise being determined and the...
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FitzTheRuke reacted to Artamo's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Very simply: they were surprised but recovered fast enough before there were repercussions. Luck favored them that day. In the sequence...