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the rules for surprise in the 2024 D
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andd rules are actually pretty simple a
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creature that is surprised rolles for
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initiative with disadvantage and a
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creature is surprised if they're not
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aware that there is going to be combat
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so we can look at some pretty common
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scenarios um the players are fighting
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the big bad not fighting the players are
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talking to the big bad before a fight
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everybody knows it's going to come to a
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fight it's just a matter of when so
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reasonably nobody's going to be
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surprised uh another scenario the
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players kick in a door in a dungeon and
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storm into the room where there's a
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bunch of monsters hanging out the
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monsters might be surprised so they
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would roll with disadvantage conversely
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the players might walk through a
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dangerous area monsters are all around
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them hiding and waiting to Ambush them
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the players could make a perception
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check to notice the hidden creatures and
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any creature that fails that perception
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check would then be surprised so you
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might be in a situation where some of
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the players are surprised some of them
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aren't so executing an ambush is as
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simple as the creatures doing the
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ambushing make a stealth check to hide
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and the creatures being ambushed either
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make a perception check or use their
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passive perception creatures which
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notice at least one enemy will know that
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there's going to be a fight so they're
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not surprised creatures that don't
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notice any enemies will be surprised so
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they roll initiative with disadvantage
