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Ok, thank you, I assumed he couldn't use it as it specified it was for clerics and paladins, but seemed weird to give it for a bg that anyone could choose.

From what I've been able to glean from the PHB, it specifically states a Cleric or Paladin can make use of a Holy Symbol. The Acolyte background, though, also grants a Holy Symbol -- so is any class that takes the Acolyte background also able to use a Holy Symbol as a focus for spellcasting? How...

Rya.Reisender So as you describe above, would their be any possible way for the halfing rogue have advantage (and if so, would it be cancelled out by anything) in this specific encounter?

I think this is key. The players shouldn't just be "I'm going to stealth! I got a 20! *Poof* i'm stealthed and disappeared and have advantage!" -- they need to describe what they want to do, and only if it's reasonable/makes sense, should the DM say "Ok, roll for..."... ?

If I'm being honest, this isn't helping me to "not overthink it." The Goblin Ambush does not start with "roll initiative." Why are we talking in "turns" before the encounter actually begins? Are there "turns" outside of combat? The book suggests the characters are free to explore the area, and...

"Try not to overthink this" Thank you for your input.

"I do think that the LMoP module does a perfect job at introducing all the different mechanics one-by-one while slowing teaching both DM and players all the special situations you can come into." Well I wouldn't say it's perfect. It's the first encounter and the only one without a map which. It...

So if I were to play it out this way, and say the character successfully stealthed but, due to the rules of this encounter, the goblins were not surprised, would I then grant the halfing Advantage and would anything cancel that out?

Firstly you have to understand that we are all absolute noobs, first-time players, every one of us. Second, we're following the Starter Campaign. People who know D&D well may have played it differently. For us, travelling up to the point of Goblin Arrows involved no "rules of travel." When Part...

The player says "I want to use stealth to scout ahead and check out the horses on the road." How do you respond to this, following the explicit, encounter-specific "the characters can't surprise the goblins" ruling, without spoiling the goblin ambush? Thanks for all the responses!

Thanks for the welcome. I kind of wondered if it was purely to introduce the stealth rule simply and gradually, but as the players has some idea of it to begin with it only caused confusion. Thanks for your response. :) "Well...reading the block text for the encounter, I think it assumes the...

Hey guys, So we're introducing ourselves to 5E through Lost Mine of Phandelver, and first encounter, we ran into an issue. We've read through the basic rules, starter rules, PHB and DMG. We've gone through other Threads on the subject. But we still don't have a clear answer. Here's the...