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This debate has me thinking of house rules to handle surprise. Right now I'm mulling over giving the ambushing side the option to 1)...

I'd say the call for initiative comes with the declaration of attack. From there it just gets into how the DM wants to narrate it...

We go with Charlaquin's interpretation way up thread about combat happening simultaneously. It's not that the leopard isn't going or...

Honestly, the main thing that I do with a surprise, is that I roleplay my "monsters' (or NPCs, or whatever) in such a way that if...

Like I said, on reflection the 5e24 method is not a bad solution for "oh crap, orcs!"/"oh crap, adventurers!" But I wouldn't use it for...

Seems pretty young to me, but I think that @prabe was referring to the quality of his run, not the quantity.

I am this many years old where 77 feels like it’s maybe a few years short of a good run. 😂

My answer is because the game as played today is not meant to be a simulation of skirmish warfare or tactics. Maybe in the past it was...

Yeah, but I didn't get why that equated to "why bother?" I don't think you'd make a Stealth check for whoever was granted the Ranger's...

Yeah, but I don't think that your scenario (a lone ambusher jumping a full party) ought to be all that common, so we're back to it being...

Since when must paradoxes not be true? I'm not sure what you mean. Would not the point be: So that the Ranger (in that example) can...

I mean sure. You can do group stealth checks, too, which can mitigate the clankies. But then, why What's the point? I don't mean that...

D&D 2024 tried to correct an "unfun" rule wherein one side could be severely damaged or wiped out without having touched a die. While...

I have to admit the abstraction gets really, really strained on this one. Past the breaking point for me. By a certain level that...

I wouldn't even say that. It's taking a different approach to accomplishing the same objective. Combat in 5e is initiated by some act...