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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xetheral" data-source="post: 8175265" data-attributes="member: 6802765">The grouped-up-near-the-door formation may be "traditional" but that is not the same thing as universal. At your table, a nigh-unhittable Bladesinger might be useless. At a table that does not only use "traditional" tactics there is more room to make good use of their Bladesinger.Yes, the alternative tactics I described have risk, but breaching any door blind is a risk. The nigh-unhittable Bladesinger is better able than most characters to survive unknown risks, but the "traditional" tactics you've described fail to leverage that capability, and instead subject the whole party to the unknown risks, rather than focusing them on the party member most likely to survive them. Assuming that the party will not leverage the Bladesinger's capabilities to their advantage seems a poor way to evaluate the potential contribution of [USER=6855259]@auburn2[/USER]'s build.With regards to a one-round delay for recon after opening the door, if that delay is outcome determinitive, then the party is already doomed--it would be simple for the enemies to station an orc in full cover in the next room to run for help, ensuring that the PCs couldn't stop the enemy's call for backup. (And if the enemy isn't the type to position a runner in advance, then delaying six seconds for recon isn't going to make them more likely to send a runner.)</blockquote>