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<blockquote data-quote="Ferox4" data-source="post: 686451" data-attributes="member: 1605">Ok, so what's the next thread gonna be? - &quot;Is Initiative broken?&quot;Puuuhleeeeease<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> It is up to the DM to determine when initiative is rolled. Like many of their other multitudinous responsibilities, they determine whose sees, hears, smells, senses the who and what of any given encounter. Our group has fallen into that trap once before and it was merely because the DM (me, in that instance) had not placed the scenario into an initiative format. I learned my lesson. As soon as one side is aware of the other it's time for initiative. If the PCs are aware I ask for initiative rolls; if they're not I do it secretly. You can even have your players give you 10 or so d20 rolls prior to play and use them for secret rolls that you don't want to give away during the game.edited for spelling</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ferox4, post: 686451, member: 1605"] Ok, so what's the next thread gonna be? - "Is Initiative broken?" Puuuhleeeeease:rolleyes: It is up to the DM to determine when initiative is rolled. Like many of their other multitudinous responsibilities, they determine whose sees, hears, smells, senses the who and what of any given encounter. Our group has fallen into that trap once before and it was merely because the DM (me, in that instance) had not placed the scenario into an initiative format. I learned my lesson. As soon as one side is aware of the other it's time for initiative. If the PCs are aware I ask for initiative rolls; if they're not I do it secretly. You can even have your players give you 10 or so d20 rolls prior to play and use them for secret rolls that you don't want to give away during the game. edited for spelling [/QUOTE]

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