Surprise Attacks

The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

In the first installment of the X-COM series, the player's characters could only see enemies in their line of sight. This could easily lead to Surprise Attacks if rooms where not completely searched or aliens had the opportunity to sneak up behind the characters.

Game masters in Tabletop Roleplaying Games such as Dungeons & Dragons and GURPS can easily create Surprise Attacks for players in the form of traps or hidden monsters. Many times, however, players are given some chance to discover these to let characters with high perception help the group of adventurers.

Relations

Cut Scenes, Sniper Locations, Flanking Routes, Stealth,

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Tactical Planning,

Imperfect Information, Traps, Game Masters, Surprises, Damage,

Surprise Attacks,

Can Instantiate

Tension,

Can Modulate

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Can Be Instantiated By

Ultra-Powerful Events

Fog of War in games with Combat

Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

Exaggerated Perception of Influence

History

New pattern created for this wiki by Staffan Björk.

References

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Acknowledgements

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