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COMBAT MODIFIERS

Surprise Attack

An attack may come from an unexpected quarter. An attack that catches the target off-guard in some way is called a surprise attack. To make a surprise attack, you must catch your target unawares. You can make a surprise attack in the following situations:

• When you have total concealment from your target or the target otherwise hasn't noticed your presence.
• When you use an interaction skill to feint in combat.
• When your target is stunned.
• When you surprise a target at the beginning of combat.
• When you do something unexpected (in the Narrator's judgment).

Characters with the Uncanny Dodge feat cannot be surprise-attacked so long as they are capable of taking free actions (not stunned or helpless).

The target of a surprise attack cannot use their Dodge or Parry.