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I misread the last bit as "...magically mind-altering grass", which might make the odds of being ambushed somewhat higher. :)

In fairness, though, there really should be two rolls here (though by design there's only one) - one to determine the success of the...

It's also a Strawman as nobody has said or even implied that many rolls would be necessary, especially the ridiculous ones you tossed in...

The DM narrated the rough and rocky terrain, which obviously includes ridges. If the players wanted to stay away from ridges, it would...

In 5e surprised based entirely in established play. It seems like @pemerton doesn't really understand the 5e surprise rules, either.

Except that I showed that they don't. The terrain, darkness, etc. will already have been narrated, so nothing involves retrofitting...

It doesn't really matter what Edwards calls it. A simulation simulates something real in some manner. It may not be all that accurate...

This is semantics. Someone successfully saving against a fireball(the caster missed) and being damaged anyway, is essentially the...

Then why does one lose hit points through discrete effects? And why do those effects cause differing amounts of damage/hit point loss...

This is incorrect. Hit points simulate durability in combat. Let's say that I am in a fist fight with someone. I might throw a...

Anecdote: despite attending a private Catholic HS in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in the early/mid 1980s, the only people who genuinely...

This is conflating ideas. We're talking about an unrelated or distantly related skill roll determining that something bad will or will...

If the dice come up "encounter" then there's an encounter; the party's stealth then has a lot to say about the course that encounter...

I don’t have a problem with the dm changing dc based on who is doing the action though.

I do that, but only very rarely. Like when two characters have similar proficient skill numbers, but one of them grew up in a location...