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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 7569156" data-attributes="member: 6987520">Furthermore the PHB says this about Surprise:So the question is: Exactly how good is your party at rolling for Stealth? Generally, if they hear anybody coming then the answer to the question, "are the NPCs surprised?" is, "no." If you've got a light source, that's also a pretty big giveaway. If you haven't got a light source, then you're all at disadvantage to Perception checks even if you have darkvision and you're probably not going to detect anybody hiding at all. You're going to be the party that's surprised.Secondly, how is the Assassin moving so quickly in the first round of every combat? Remember, both Cunning Action Dash and attacking with an off-hand weapon require a bonus action. Are you telling me that every encounter begins within 30 feet?If every encounter begins with the NPCs surprised, and every encounter begins with the opponents within 30 feet, it's no wonder that the Assassin seems overpowered!</blockquote>He did take Alert at 4 instead of the ASI.He also took Expertise in Stealth, so at this point is +9. With most opponents low Passive Perception, he beats most things. As a half-orc, he does have Darkvision. He is the primary scout for the group (I am secondary), and even once I point out our DM's error about assassinate, he'll still get the drop on a lot of things. So, yes, most of the time he uses stealth to get close enough. As a group we are fairly stealthy, and everyone has darkvision (two dragonborn, a tiefling, half-orc, and my elf).Also, at this point with magic and my pass without trace, he and I can scout almost undetectable. (FYI, I am Stealth +5 but with books of elvenkind, so I get advantage to move silently as well.) I took Observant and expertise in Perception so my Passive Perception is 23.Granted, there are a lot of encounters, especially in the wilderness, where he won't be able to use it anymore.I feel like that is a lot of information randomly inserted all over the place LOL. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[/QUOTE]

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