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Surprise
Do you always check both sides for surprise, even when one side is ambushing another?
I would generally think no, but I picked up the Oriental Adventures book for cheap and noticed that an iaido attack still checks both sides for surprise there.
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Re: Surprise
Well, if one side is setting up an ambush then they are already aware of the other party, so there would be no chance for that party to surprise the ambushers.
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Re: Surprise
Cool. That's what I have been assuming.
I saw a couple things that sounded contradictory, but it doesn't make much sense.
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Re: Surprise
From VOL. III, p. 244: COMBAT, surprize:
The referee is at liberty to dispense with a surprize check if circumstances dictate obvious surprize or non-surprize; e.g., a pair of woolly mammoths tramping across the open tundra will not surprize the party.
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Re: Surprise
Cool, Thanks!
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