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Surprise rules, does a character even have a reaction to take before the start of their first turn? I

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Looking at the Surprise rules, I wonder, does a character even have a reaction to take before the start of their first turn? I don't have XGtE in front of me. — Heath Belden (@HeathBelden) November 14, 2017 A number of effects in the game deprive you of the ability to take reactions: being surprised […] The post Surprise rules, does a character even have a reaction to take before the start of their first turn? I appeared first on D&D Sage Advice.
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Sage Advice D&D broke the news in on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
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