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<blockquote data-quote="Zad" data-source="post: 535741" data-attributes="member: 90">Not that I've ever seen.YesHow do you know that's a wizard? If all wizards in your campaign wear pointy hats, then sure. If a guy walks through in armor, ok he's probably not a wizard. I would say the key here is recognition, and that's not something the system will deal with. That's up to your DM, so no FAQ can help.See above. Assuming you can recognize him as a wizard, and you're reasonably close, then sure.Seems silly, but I can't see why not.I don't think this is a &quot;rules&quot; issue that can be answered by FAQ - it's up to your DM and the circumstances.Readying an action is an action itself. Therefore you must have an action, therefore you must have already rolled initiative.It's called &quot;the surprise round&quot;.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Person walks in, and assuming they didn't know you're there, you're in surprise round. You can act, they can't. Then you move to normal combat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zad, post: 535741, member: 90"] Not that I've ever seen. Yes How do you know that's a wizard? If all wizards in your campaign wear pointy hats, then sure. If a guy walks through in armor, ok he's probably not a wizard. I would say the key here is recognition, and that's not something the system will deal with. That's up to your DM, so no FAQ can help. See above. Assuming you can recognize him as a wizard, and you're reasonably close, then sure. Seems silly, but I can't see why not. I don't think this is a "rules" issue that can be answered by FAQ - it's up to your DM and the circumstances. Readying an action is an action itself. Therefore you must have an action, therefore you must have already rolled initiative. It's called "the surprise round". :D Person walks in, and assuming they didn't know you're there, you're in surprise round. You can act, they can't. Then you move to normal combat. [/QUOTE]

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