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<blockquote data-quote="ComradeGnull" data-source="post: 5984610" data-attributes="member: 6685694">I kind of like the idea of a two tiered system:Startled: You have reason to suspect danger, but can't anticipate what it is going to be.&nbsp; You're opening a door, wary of what might be behind it, but don't know if a trap is going to fire a crossbow bolt at your head, a crouching goblin is going to cut your Achilles tendon, or a drop bear is going to fall from the ceiling.&nbsp; You take a significant penalty to initiative, but fantastic reflexes or spectacular luck mean you might instinctively swat the danger out of the air before you are really aware of it.Surprised:&nbsp; You are asleep, unwary, or distracted (say by fighting someone else looking the other way).&nbsp; You have no reasonable hope of defending yourself from an attack until you manage to figure out what is going on and orient yourself towards danger.&nbsp; The ambusher gets a full round to wail on your inept person and then enters initiative normally- if you get ambushed by a big, slow moving critter, they get the first move but then may lose initiative to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ComradeGnull, post: 5984610, member: 6685694"] I kind of like the idea of a two tiered system: Startled: You have reason to suspect danger, but can't anticipate what it is going to be. You're opening a door, wary of what might be behind it, but don't know if a trap is going to fire a crossbow bolt at your head, a crouching goblin is going to cut your Achilles tendon, or a drop bear is going to fall from the ceiling. You take a significant penalty to initiative, but fantastic reflexes or spectacular luck mean you might instinctively swat the danger out of the air before you are really aware of it. Surprised: You are asleep, unwary, or distracted (say by fighting someone else looking the other way). You have no reasonable hope of defending yourself from an attack until you manage to figure out what is going on and orient yourself towards danger. The ambusher gets a full round to wail on your inept person and then enters initiative normally- if you get ambushed by a big, slow moving critter, they get the first move but then may lose initiative to you. [/QUOTE]

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