Current campaign doesn't feel great (long and complicated)

[Anonymouswizard]

I will chime in again. Scouting used to be very common. I am surprised by this thread. Sir Clank-Clank in the plate mail will alert every single enemy in the dungeon and will prevent all possible chance of a surprise round. And enemies will try to set up ambushes and group up together. That means you need a scout to spot the ambushes giving the party a fair shot again.

Not everybody plays dungeon crawls. Plus not every group has somebody in heavy armour. I suspect that in general the less you play crawls the less likely your group is to scout.

Plus at least one of my groups decided that sending a about was stupid, because they'd get mulches by the enemies and we'd still be going in blind. Plus you know, the loudest assist of the party was three of us wearing black trenchcoats in modern day London.