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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MG.0" data-source="post: 6692601" data-attributes="member: 6799436">Shield is not really the issue. The issue is being able to react to an attack after being surprised. The rules specifically grant that ability. The attacker being unseen is irrelevant at that point. Just because an assassin was hidden at the start of combat doesn't mean he can pull off an attack without the target reacting. Granted there are some scenarios that would seem to make it incredibly unlikely, but not impossible. For every one of those, there are dozens of scenarios were a reaction could be reasonably expected to happen. Jumping out with a dagger when you were hidden is not the same as being invisible and silenced. and a reaction is certainly possible if the assassin is too slow.Edit: Barbarian ability Retaliation doesn't require sight. Neither does the Bardic ability Combat Inspiration. In fact Combat Inspiration would seem to work just like Shield, i.e. after the attack is rolled.</blockquote>