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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at...

TSR Inc. published Dragon #102 in October 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features gully dwarves...

There has to be an inciting incident that calls for the initiative roll. If it is an ambush, I give the ambusher a single action that...

I wouldn't even say that. It's taking a different approach to accomplishing the same objective. Combat in 5e is initiated by some act...

@mearls has a neat approach in his Moldvay project, where he's given the ranger the ability to grant their Stealth result to allies. I...

Nightfall Games announces their feature title will be paired with Pinnacle Entertainment's storied game engine to create Savage SLA...

I personally give advantage on attacks against surprised creatures in round one, and the condition ends at the end of the round. Also...

I am not sure i have ever followed the exact rules in any edition. It is just one of those things I think the fiction itself determines...

From a curated lists but yes. Knowledge cleric kinda similar but they nerfed it from playtest.

Seems like a lot of rules where I just go with it and say that the monster charges out of the bushes from where it was hiding and you...

They arent using either. They are allowing the opening attack to be the thing that causes initiative. That doesnt mean anyone loses a...