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<blockquote data-quote="Scud.NZ" data-source="post: 4409082" data-attributes="member: 73097">6 PC's, two on watch, four asleep camped around an nice fire (range 10) in open terrain.6 Monsters have snuck up to range 10, the two on watch are unaware of them. The monsters attack.How do I run this? My initial thoughts are these:The monsters have surprise on the first round, so can run in to the camp site without being attacked themselves.Second round. The two PC's on watch are now aware of the monsters (who are a lot closer!). If the PC's have initiative advantage over the monsters they will want to wake up the sleeping members of the party. How would you handle this? Perhaps treat each waking as a minor action?If the monsters have initiative advantage over the PC's, they would attack the watch PC's to prevent them immediately waking the rest of the party. How would you give the PC's a fair go in these circumstances. My first thought is that they could shift, move and wake 1 person. So no problem, other than the lost opportunity to attack.What if the sleeping PC's are not shaken awake in that second round? Would they awaken automatically on round 3 once the fighting starts? If so, why ever bother to try to wake up your sleeping friends.I'm a little confused on what's appropriate here. How would you run the start of the encounter, say the first three rounds?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scud.NZ, post: 4409082, member: 73097"] 6 PC's, two on watch, four asleep camped around an nice fire (range 10) in open terrain. 6 Monsters have snuck up to range 10, the two on watch are unaware of them. The monsters attack. How do I run this? My initial thoughts are these: The monsters have surprise on the first round, so can run in to the camp site without being attacked themselves. Second round. The two PC's on watch are now aware of the monsters (who are a lot closer!). If the PC's have initiative advantage over the monsters they will want to wake up the sleeping members of the party. How would you handle this? Perhaps treat each waking as a minor action? If the monsters have initiative advantage over the PC's, they would attack the watch PC's to prevent them immediately waking the rest of the party. How would you give the PC's a fair go in these circumstances. My first thought is that they could shift, move and wake 1 person. So no problem, other than the lost opportunity to attack. What if the sleeping PC's are not shaken awake in that second round? Would they awaken automatically on round 3 once the fighting starts? If so, why ever bother to try to wake up your sleeping friends. I'm a little confused on what's appropriate here. How would you run the start of the encounter, say the first three rounds? [/QUOTE]

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