Timeline for What happens when your group is victim of a surprise attack but you can't be surprised?
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| Oct 22, 2019 at 5:14 | comment | added | Jim Cullen | ‘ "...do I get to take my turn even when the rest of my party was surprised? Do I take my turn before the attack of the enemy if my initiative is high enough?" Ignoring that is a failure to answer the question’ did you miss the bit where it says ‘ yes, you take your turn before the enemies do if your initiative is high enough‘? | |
| Jun 25, 2019 at 14:10 | comment | added | 8bittree | Including flavor interpretations is fine, but the question specifically asked about the mechanics: "...do I get to take my turn even when the rest of my party was surprised? Do I take my turn before the attack of the enemy if my initiative is high enough?" Ignoring that is a failure to answer the question. | |
| Jun 24, 2019 at 22:47 | comment | added | Jim Cullen | "contrary to your claim, the higher voted answers do in fact correctly point out what happens when a character cannot be surprised" Not really. It points out the mechanics, but simply reading the rules of surprise does that. It doesn't address the more pertinent question of how to justify this within the fiction of the world. | |
| Jun 24, 2019 at 14:59 | comment | added | 8bittree | Maybe you should consider rewriting your second paragraph then, because it comes across as just talking about what happens when a surprised character rolls higher on initiative than a non-surprised character. And, contrary to your claim, the higher voted answers do in fact correctly point out what happens when a character cannot be surprised. | |
| Jun 23, 2019 at 8:03 | comment | added | Jim Cullen | On the contrary, mine is the only answer which does deal with that aspect. The entire second paragraph deals with that issue and the narrative incongruities it can cause, while the two more highly-voted answers just ignore it. | |
| Jun 21, 2019 at 18:41 | comment | added | 8bittree | This answer doesn't seem to account for the whole "character cannot be surprised" aspect of the question. | |
| Jun 21, 2019 at 1:36 | history | answered | Jim Cullen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |