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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 8650250" data-attributes="member: 19675">Tangent: this reminded me of a scenario in which the party had been successful at being very sneaky for quite a while, and had penetrated deep into the stronghold with minimal resistance.&nbsp; The sneakiest two in the party had gone off to do a bit of scouting when they had some bad luck and encountered a patrol.&nbsp; They were outnumbered and “outgunned”, so they ran for it.&nbsp; The patrol, seeing just a pair of puny invaders decided to not follow protocol- they didn’t raise the alarm, they just set out in pursuit.The scouts booked it right back to the party.&nbsp; The party not only heard them coming, but successfully identified that what they heard was their buddies being chased, so set up an ambush.&nbsp; When the scouts rounded the corner and entered the room, the ambushers waited until the SECOND pursuer came in to start attacking…and the barbarian rolled a Nat 20 with his Maul of Thundering.&nbsp; Goodbye guard, goodbye element of surprise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 8650250, member: 19675"] Tangent: this reminded me of a scenario in which the party had been successful at being very sneaky for quite a while, and had penetrated deep into the stronghold with minimal resistance. The sneakiest two in the party had gone off to do a bit of scouting when they had some bad luck and encountered a patrol. They were outnumbered and “outgunned”, so they ran for it. The patrol, seeing just a pair of puny invaders decided to not follow protocol- they didn’t raise the alarm, they just set out in pursuit. The scouts booked it right back to the party. The party not only heard them coming, but successfully identified that what they heard was their buddies being chased, so set up an ambush. When the scouts rounded the corner and entered the room, the ambushers waited until the SECOND pursuer came in to start attacking…and the barbarian rolled a Nat 20 with his [B]Maul of Thundering. [/B] Goodbye guard, goodbye element of surprise. [/QUOTE]

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