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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SkidAce" data-source="post: 7418846" data-attributes="member: 7706">If you rule that they are surprised by the attack/action of the npc/monster, either via perception versus stealth or otherwise, ALL THEY GET IS A REACTION.  If that changes the narrative, then thats okay in my opinion.If you have a pc that cant be surprised, you can still have the bad guy go first and "fire the arrow", the alert pc gets his full action as a reward for the feat.But even an alert pc may get shot by a perfect ambush, since the shot is what starts things.  Just dont over use ruling the npc winds init.  That would be for rare hard to set up perfect ambushes.</blockquote>