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<blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 6677626" data-attributes="member: 6777696">Yep, makes sense to me.If your party, in that situation, had decided to kick down the door (instead of open it stealthily), that would be an example of an Action that becomes a triggering event for combat. ie, party forms up stealthily aside the door. At a hand signal, the fighter kicks down the door, and the rest of the party storms in. The door coming down would be the first thing to happen in this combat, and then the rest of the actions would proceed in initiative order. Though the fighter didn't roll initiative to kick down the door, it would still constitute his action for the turn. (Though he could still charge in, or action surge, or use a bonus action to take second wind, or whatever. I'd have him do that on his normal initiative, I guess.) If the party had been successfully stealthy in lining up behind the door, the bodyguard would still probably be surprised.One of my 5e groups loved playing SWAT team. The downside is, when you do alert the guys on the other side that you're coming, the first thing through that door might be a whole bunch of arrows. And you might end up getting in a lot of fights that you could have easily avoided.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="redrick, post: 6677626, member: 6777696"] Yep, makes sense to me. If your party, in that situation, had decided to kick down the door (instead of open it stealthily), that would be an example of an Action that becomes a triggering event for combat. ie, party forms up stealthily aside the door. At a hand signal, the fighter kicks down the door, and the rest of the party storms in. The door coming down would be the first thing to happen in this combat, and then the rest of the actions would proceed in initiative order. Though the fighter didn't roll initiative to kick down the door, it would still constitute his action for the turn. (Though he could still charge in, or action surge, or use a bonus action to take second wind, or whatever. I'd have him do that on his normal initiative, I guess.) If the party had been successfully stealthy in lining up behind the door, the bodyguard would still probably be surprised. One of my 5e groups loved playing SWAT team. The downside is, when you [I]do[/I] alert the guys on the other side that you're coming, the first thing through that door might be a whole bunch of arrows. And you might end up getting in a lot of fights that you could have easily avoided. [/QUOTE]

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