How Does Surprise Work in D&D 5e?
How does surprise work in the 5th edition of D&D? This video dives deep into understanding surprise, initiative, lighting, stealth, passive checks, and group checks and how they all inter-relate when determining surprise.
Show Contents
00:00 Show Start
00:51 No Such Thing as a Surprise Round and No Acting Before Initiative
01:32 Surprised is almost a condition like stunned or prone
01:49 Related Rules to Surprise: Initiative, Stealth, Passive Scores, Lighting
02:14 The Surprise Rules As Written
03:22 The Three Types of Ability Checks: The Ability Check, the Group Check, and the Passive Check
04:22 Choosing Which Type of Check for Determing Surprise
07:04 The Type of Check You Choose Often Determines Whether Surprise Even Happens
07:47 Surprise, Perception, Stealth, and Lighting
08:37 Surprise is Really Hard to Get
09:21 Final Tips and tricks
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