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SkidAce replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative?.How do you feel that compares with "Surprised but Lost Initiative" which allows for a creature to act normally? -
SkidAce reacted to BigMac75's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with
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Interesting - agree, many parts of the spells effect seems very appropriate. Modifying slightly... Surprised but Wins Initiative If a... -
SkidAce reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with
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Yeah that's a fine idea. You could make it simple and say that the surprisers are Slow that first free round. So they get AN attack... -
SkidAce reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
I've definitely run surprise 5e14 RAW, and I've house-ruled it on the fly, and I've basically said "ok you, the fighter, get advantage...
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SkidAce reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
There's a surprisingly short distance between the two bolded bits here, at least in my eyes. The very term"cinematic combat" brings to...
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SkidAce reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Thing is, you weren't just speaking about your own game play in the post to which I replied, you were speaking of modern gaming trends -...
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SkidAce reacted to Cap'n Kobold's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Sounds like the DM is too caught up in the rules to think about what is actually happening. The party sees "blazing orbs of fire...
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SkidAce reacted to saviirkad's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
I wouldn't say it can't be true, that's just the risk of performing the fiction before the dice roll. I'd say that I've seen three...
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SkidAce reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread Homebrew Whacky Half-Formed Idea for Armor as DR... with Like.
Okay, I know it's been done a thousand times, but I've started enjoying a lot of the rules I'm seeing in games like Dragonbane...
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SkidAce reacted to Simon The Hunter's post in the thread Fighting the Gray Tide (Miniature Painting) with Like.
This guy was fun... printed on black filament, gray ash drybrush, white highlight drybrush, some bright green for the eyes and chest...
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SkidAce replied to the thread D&D General Summoner Thoughts (w/Rum).Hmmmm, I could just create a custom Summon Eidolon spell, similar to the new Summon spells, and allow it to be buffed in some fashion...
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Lots of the Conjure and Summon spells greatly increase the time a player takes for their turn. As a randomly creative thought, which I...
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SkidAce reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Yes. As I said upthread, that is how I do it.
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SkidAce reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
Yep, which is why a failed group check means someone made enough noise. You can't ignore that people can aid others in being quieter...
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SkidAce reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
I'm sure your enemies prefer your ambush to go pear-shaped.