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<blockquote data-quote="R_J_K75" data-source="post: 7824211" data-attributes="member: 6921294"><p>Thats my opinion as well. Only time I can see this coming up, as yuo outlined above, is in a military setting when a war is being waged over long distances and from multiple directions. </p><p></p><p>To speed the game along Ive long since took the stance in any wilderness setting (or adventuring scenario for that matter) that my players are somewhat alert and keeping a semblance of a watch just to avoid minutia like this. Since the surprise rules in 5E are kind of arbitrary, unless a threat is taking pains to surprise the party or there are extenuating circumstances I dont feel this is necessary. I believe this was the designers goal of 5E, to not quantify every single possibility with a rule. Besides the rules for vision and light on pg 183 of the PHB only mention of line of sight I cold find with a quick search was the lamp and lantern entry on pg 152 of the PHB which is 20', 30' and 60'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="R_J_K75, post: 7824211, member: 6921294"] Thats my opinion as well. Only time I can see this coming up, as yuo outlined above, is in a military setting when a war is being waged over long distances and from multiple directions. To speed the game along Ive long since took the stance in any wilderness setting (or adventuring scenario for that matter) that my players are somewhat alert and keeping a semblance of a watch just to avoid minutia like this. Since the surprise rules in 5E are kind of arbitrary, unless a threat is taking pains to surprise the party or there are extenuating circumstances I dont feel this is necessary. I believe this was the designers goal of 5E, to not quantify every single possibility with a rule. Besides the rules for vision and light on pg 183 of the PHB only mention of line of sight I cold find with a quick search was the lamp and lantern entry on pg 152 of the PHB which is 20', 30' and 60'. [/QUOTE]
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