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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 8378235" data-attributes="member: 97077"><p>Correct and just to add: Not all monsters attempt to surprise the party and not all conditions in the environment allow for it. But if they do try to attack from hiding, a character that is engaged in one of the listed activities while traveling, which includes foraging (or any other activity the DM deems at least as distracting), they don't contribute their passive Perception to noticing hidden threats. In that case, they have no chance of noticing a hidden creature and are thus automatically surprised.</p><p></p><p>Therein lay the meaningful choice: Do you want to gather food and water at the risk of being automatically surprised by certain wandering monsters? Or do you prefer to focus on staying alert to danger instead? If you really need the food and water, then it may be worth the risk, as it might also be because you already don't have a great passive Perception score and are likely to be surprised anyway. Or maybe you have the Alert feat or <em>weapon of warning</em>, so it's no big deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iserith, post: 8378235, member: 97077"] Correct and just to add: Not all monsters attempt to surprise the party and not all conditions in the environment allow for it. But if they do try to attack from hiding, a character that is engaged in one of the listed activities while traveling, which includes foraging (or any other activity the DM deems at least as distracting), they don't contribute their passive Perception to noticing hidden threats. In that case, they have no chance of noticing a hidden creature and are thus automatically surprised. Therein lay the meaningful choice: Do you want to gather food and water at the risk of being automatically surprised by certain wandering monsters? Or do you prefer to focus on staying alert to danger instead? If you really need the food and water, then it may be worth the risk, as it might also be because you already don't have a great passive Perception score and are likely to be surprised anyway. Or maybe you have the Alert feat or [I]weapon of warning[/I], so it's no big deal. [/QUOTE]
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