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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 8035075" data-attributes="member: 6787503">But this is D&amp;D. You can't just put your sword in somebody. To do that, first you roll initiative. Then, on your turn, you make an attack roll. If the attack hits, you roll damage, and even then, you don't really know if your sword has entered the target's body unless it kills them. Also, I have no idea why you've specified a PC here. Why should that make a difference (if you think it should)? Also, why should that be what wakes him up? Haven't you ever seen a movie or read a story in which the hero wakes up before being murdered in his sleep?Good thing that doesn't happen in my game. Because you were careful to be sneaky, he's surprised, so even if he wins initiative, he can't attack you before you attack him. It's almost as if the combat mechanics were meant to handle such situations!I meant in the game of D&amp;D. Whether your stab was quiet or not remains to be seen by applying the combat resolution mechanics. If the outcome is consistent with a quiet stab, then sure it could have been quiet. If not, then it wasn't.That's a nice action declaration, but it doesn't make it so. Whether or not your sword gets anywhere near the orc's chest depends on the dice. Does your attack hit? Does it do enough damage to kill the orc? These questions can't be answered by your action declaration.So if your swing misses, you get to keep trying until it hits? No, thank you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 8035075, member: 6787503"] But this is D&D. You can't just put your sword in somebody. To do that, first you roll initiative. Then, on your turn, you make an attack roll. If the attack hits, you roll damage, and even then, you don't really know if your sword has entered the target's body unless it kills them. Also, I have no idea why you've specified a PC here. Why should that make a difference (if you think it should)? Also, why should that be what wakes him up? Haven't you ever seen a movie or read a story in which the hero wakes up [I]before[/I] being murdered in his sleep? Good thing that doesn't happen in my game. Because you were careful to be sneaky, he's surprised, so even if he wins initiative, he can't attack you before you attack him. It's almost as if the combat mechanics were meant to handle such situations! I meant [I]in the game of D&D. [/I]Whether your stab was quiet or not remains to be seen by applying the combat resolution mechanics. If the outcome is consistent with a quiet stab, then sure it could have been quiet. If not, then it wasn't. That's a nice action declaration, but it doesn't make it so. Whether or not your sword gets anywhere near the orc's chest depends on the dice. Does your attack hit? Does it do enough damage to kill the orc? These questions can't be answered by your action declaration. So if your swing misses, you get to keep trying until it hits? No, thank you. [/QUOTE]

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