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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7143825" data-attributes="member: 6795602">Just to reiterate.&nbsp; The rules don't support readying an action outside combat.&nbsp; Only in combat.&nbsp; You are free to make that ruling if you think it makes the game better.&nbsp; But in my experiences out of combat attacks make the game worse.&nbsp; In an ambush scenario if the players ready actions and then get those attacks and then get surprise and then win initiative that's 3 rounds of attacks the players have achieved on the monsters.&nbsp; That pretty much makes every ambush the players set up an auto win.&nbsp; Likewise if the enemies do the same thing to the players then the players have a good chance of losing that fighter and will be angry (team monster got 3 attacks against me before doing anything!&nbsp; That's not fair)It's far easier to be creative within the confines that alert places on your storytelling and just use the surprise round.&nbsp; All you have to do is tell the story in such a way that the rogue is not surprised.&nbsp; You could do this by making it spidey sense.&nbsp; You could do this by always allowing the rogue to see or hear the enemy at the last second right as they were attacking.&nbsp; You could stop having enemies make attacks while unseen and instead have the whole party see them right before calling for initiative and informing them that it is a surprise round.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 7143825, member: 6795602"] Just to reiterate. The rules don't support readying an action outside combat. Only in combat. You are free to make that ruling if you think it makes the game better. But in my experiences out of combat attacks make the game worse. In an ambush scenario if the players ready actions and then get those attacks and then get surprise and then win initiative that's 3 rounds of attacks the players have achieved on the monsters. That pretty much makes every ambush the players set up an auto win. Likewise if the enemies do the same thing to the players then the players have a good chance of losing that fighter and will be angry (team monster got 3 attacks against me before doing anything! That's not fair) It's far easier to be creative within the confines that alert places on your storytelling and just use the surprise round. All you have to do is tell the story in such a way that the rogue is not surprised. You could do this by making it spidey sense. You could do this by always allowing the rogue to see or hear the enemy at the last second right as they were attacking. You could stop having enemies make attacks while unseen and instead have the whole party see them right before calling for initiative and informing them that it is a surprise round. [/QUOTE]

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