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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silveras" data-source="post: 2664262" data-attributes="member: 6271">Nothing in the spell grants the target extra actions. The Ogre does not move until it is its turn again. In the meantime, if it had allies, one of them could have done something like Remove Fear. Barring domain abilities, Caster Leve = Class level for Clerics; in this case, 3. The general rule is "round all fractions down" (see the Glossary in the 3.5 Players Handbook), 3/2 = 1.5, rounds down to 1d6. It *sounds* like your party HAD surprise over the Orcs and used the time to prepare yourselves. At that point, when the Dwarf Bard "announced" your presence, it was time to roll initiative, as all actions after that should be resolved in initiative order. Likewise, that would be your "surprise round", in which each member of your party could declare a readied action to fire your weapon at an Orc when you saw one. After that, though, neither side is surprised and it is a matter of straight initiative. The preceeding has been a matter of opinion; you will likely get others.</blockquote>