I'm still getting used to the rules for exploration mode. Looking for advice please.
What official exploration mode actions are being done by the example characters below? What would they use for initiative if a fight did start here?
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A party of adventurers approach a small ruined village in a woodland clearing. Smoke hangs over several buildings and the party suspect the local goblins may responsible and perhaps waiting in ambush.
Part 1
Anna, the rogue, attempts to sneak into the village to see if any goblins or other threats are obviously visible without drawing attention to the party.
The rest of the party wait out of sight, watching from the treeline.
Anna plans to either sneak back to the party to report back or if spotted, run like hell back to them.
Part 2
Anna comes back reporting no obvious active enemies but did hear some sounds of movement so the party approach the village warily
Balin the paladin takes the lead, weapons at the ready, looking out for goblins as he advances.
Anna starts peeking into each house they pass, looking for signs of goblins, abandoned valuables or possible traps.
Dwalin the druid examines tracks in the village and/or looks for anything that may have been dropped as clues of what happened
Charlie the ranger is worried about ambushers, especially someone jumping on Dwallin while he's staring at the ground. Charlie takes out his crossbow and loads it. He wants to 'cover' Dwallin as he pokes about. If he was in an encounter he would like to ready to shoot anything attacking Dwallin but he's not sure how to do this in exploration mode.
Part 1, Anna is using Avoid Notice and would roll stealth against the enemies rolled Perception, if she beats, she will be undetected a battle will not happen, but if the enemies rolled higher perception, her initiative will be that stealth check and the enemies would use their perception checks.
Part 2, everyone will roll perception if battle happens.
Balin could use defend exploration to begin a battle with the shield raised if he have one.
Anna would be searching.
Dwalin Investigating and doing knowledge checks.
Charlie you could give him an attack reaction with the trigger "something attacks Dwalin" like a readied action.
Part 1 anna is probably using the Scout or Avoid Notive activity. would roll stealth for init.
part 2
Balin is probably using the Defend activity
Anna would be using Investigate or Search
Dwalin would be using Search or Investigate
Charlie would be using Defend
everyone would roll perception.
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Part 1, Anna is using Avoid Notice and would roll stealth against the enemies rolled Perception, if she beats, she will be undetected a battle will not happen, but if the enemies rolled higher perception, her initiative will be that stealth check and the enemies would use their perception checks.
Part 2, everyone will roll perception if battle happens.
Balin could use defend exploration to begin a battle with the shield raised if he have one.
Anna would be searching.
Dwalin Investigating and doing knowledge checks.
Charlie you could give him an attack reaction with the trigger "something attacks Dwalin" like a readied action.
Part one is incorrect in that she rolls stealth against the enemies Perception DC, not roll. The enemy perception roll is only for initiative order.
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Charlie would be using the Scout action most likely. Or maybe Search to keep an eye out for enemies. You generally can’t ready actions outside of encounter mode. In either case he would roll perception.
If he went first but didn’t see the enemy yet (still possible) he could certainly ready an action as described.
Thanks all.