====== Surprise ====== Combat often starts before everyone involved is prepared. An ambush, a sudden doublecross, or a trap might all give one side in a fight an edge over the other. When this happens, the ambushers are automatically on [[Hold]]. Deal them in as usual anyway in case one of them gets a [[Joker]]. The victims of the attack make a [[Notice]] roll (if they haven’t already, perhaps from ambushers sneaking up on them). Those who make it are dealt in as usual. Those who fail get no Action Card and can’t act in the first round of combat.