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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 7581799" data-attributes="member: 6787503">Here's an example adapted from the 1st Ed. PHB, p 105:A party of 5 characters -- a wizard, a cleric, a rogue, a human fighter, and a dwarf fighter surprise an illusionist with 6 orcs. The opponents are 30’ distant. Orders for Round 1wizard: cast sleep on the location of the opponent groupcleric: cast silence on the illusionist's locationrogue: move into the area of darkness to the rear of the party and hidehuman fighter: fire an arrow at the illusionistdwarf fighter: throw a handaxe at the illusionistillusionist: surprisedorcs (6): surprisedResolution of Round 1: The rogue takes half of his movement at which point he is heavily obscured by the darkness and hides while the fighters make their attacks which both hit the illusionist. Upon seeing the casters casting their spells, the illusionist can cast counterspell if his surprise has worn off before one or both spells are cast. He wins a Dexterity contest against the wizard and interrupts him, causing his spell to fail. Meanwhile, the cleric successfully casts his spell, and the rogue finishes his remaining movement. Orders for Round 2wizard: ready burning hands to cast if the orcs come within 15’cleric: ready to attack the orcs with a melee weapon if they come within 5'rogue: dash through the darkness around the edge of the room towards the illusionisthuman fighter: ready to attack the orcs with a melee weapon if they come within 5'dwarf fighter: ready to attack the orcs with a melee weapon if they come within 5'illusionist: cast prismatic sprayorcs (6): throw javelins at the party and rush into melee range with themResolution of Round 2: The rogue takes the Dash action and moves stealthily 30' through the darkness. The orcs throw their javelins at the party and close to melee range (Aggressive). Javelins hit the wizard and the two fighters, and the wizard fails his Constitution save and loses concentration on his readied spell. The cleric and the two fighters attack the orcs, killing one and wounding another. Five orcs remain, one each in front of the cleric and two fighters, and two in front of the wizard. Meanwhile, the magical silence prevents the illusionist from providing the verbal component of his spell, so he's unable to cast it. Then the rogue completes the rest of his movement.Orders for Round 3wizard: cast acid splash on the two adjacent orcs cleric: attack the adjacent orc with a melee weaponrogue: sneak up on the illusionist from behind and stab him with a swordhuman fighter: attack the adjacent orc with a melee weapondwarf fighter: attack the adjacent orc with a melee weapon illusionist: cast hypnotic pattern on the party's locationorcs (5 remaining): grapple adjacent party membersResolution of Round 3: The rogue cannot be heard as he sneaks up behind the illusionist, who is busy casting his spell. He stabs the illusionist in the back, killing him and immediately breaking his concentration on his spell as it is cast. One of the orcs facing the wizard makes his Dexterity save to avoid the wizard's acid bubble, and one does not and takes acid damage. Both orcs are successful in grappling the wizard. Both fighters' attacks miss their targets, and both are grappled. The cleric successfully resists being grappled and kills the orc trying to grapple him.Orders for Round 4wizard: try to escape from being grappledcleric: attack the orcs grappling the wizardrogue: move to the orcs grappling the nearest fighter and attackhuman fighter: try to escape from being grappleddwarf fighter: try to escape from being grappledillusionist: deadorcs (4 remaining): attack grappled characters with daggersResolution of Round 4: The cleric kills one of the orcs grappling the wizard, while the rogue uses the first half of his movement coming to one of the fighter's aid. The grappled characters are unsuccessful in escaping. The three remaining orcs check morale, however. If they succeed on their Wisdom save, they carry out their attacks. If not, they release the grappled characters and run away.</blockquote>

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