HYPERBOREA / Surprise

**Posted by Grimmshade** 1/13/2018 10:54 pm

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.

Last edited by Grimmshade (1/13/2018 10:55 pm)

**Posted by foxroe** 1/14/2018 12:36 am

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.

**Posted by Grimmshade** 1/14/2018 8:29 am

Cool. That's what I have been assuming.
I saw a couple things that sounded contradictory, but it doesn't make much sense.

**Posted by DMPrata** 1/14/2018 12:12 pm

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.

**Posted by Grimmshade** 1/14/2018 1:40 pm

Cool, Thanks!