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<blockquote data-quote="Paraxis" data-source="post: 6551237" data-attributes="member: 13009">There are a few things that modify initiative and make you immune to surprise.Surprise Immunity<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alertness feat</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Weapon of Warning (uncommon magic weapon) </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ioun Stone of Awareness (rare magic item)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Feral Instincts (Barbarian ability 7th level)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Foresight (9th level spell)</li>
</ul>Initiative Bonus<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alertness feat +5 bonus</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rod of Alertness (very rare magic item) advantage</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sentinel Shield (uncommon magic item) advantage</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Guardian (minor magic item property) +2 bonus</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Weapon of Warning (uncommon magic weapon) advantage</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Jack of all Trades (Bard ability 2nd level) +1/2 prof bonus</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Feral Instincts (Barbarian ability 7th level) advantage</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Remarkable Athlete (Champion Fighter ability 7th level) +1/2 prof bonus</li>
</ul>I don't think the feat is out of line with the rest of the abilities.Surprise isn't that big of a deal, and some people love going first but honestly after the first round of combat initiative is not that big of a deal either.I did leave off the artifacts, having both the hand and eye of vecna makes you immune to surprise and the sword of kas gives you a +1d10 to initiative, but those are artifacts and not commonly seen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paraxis, post: 6551237, member: 13009"] There are a few things that modify initiative and make you immune to surprise. Surprise Immunity [LIST] [*]Alertness feat [*]Weapon of Warning (uncommon magic weapon) [*]Ioun Stone of Awareness (rare magic item) [*]Feral Instincts (Barbarian ability 7th level) [*]Foresight (9th level spell) [/LIST] Initiative Bonus [LIST] [*]Alertness feat +5 bonus [*]Rod of Alertness (very rare magic item) advantage [*]Sentinel Shield (uncommon magic item) advantage [*]Guardian (minor magic item property) +2 bonus [*]Weapon of Warning (uncommon magic weapon) advantage [*]Jack of all Trades (Bard ability 2nd level) +1/2 prof bonus [*]Feral Instincts (Barbarian ability 7th level) advantage [*]Remarkable Athlete (Champion Fighter ability 7th level) +1/2 prof bonus [/LIST] I don't think the feat is out of line with the rest of the abilities. Surprise isn't that big of a deal, and some people love going first but honestly after the first round of combat initiative is not that big of a deal either. I did leave off the artifacts, having both the hand and eye of vecna makes you immune to surprise and the sword of kas gives you a +1d10 to initiative, but those are artifacts and not commonly seen. [/QUOTE]

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