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First Strike vs. Alertness

Thread starter pallen
Start date Jun 12, 2008

Nikosandros

Golden Procrastinator

Jun 14, 2008

Mouseferatu said:
Nope, the rogue would get CA in the surprise round because the target hasn't acted. Surprise or not has nothing to do with First Strike.

Yes, this seems the more reasonable interpretation. Not only it is more intuitive, but as you say the surprised character still has to act, fulfilling the enabling condition for first strike.