D&D Surprise Doesn’t Give You a Free Round?!?

Surprise in D&D 5.5e does NOT give you a free round of combat.

Under the current rules, a Surprised creature has Disadvantage on Initiative. That’s it.

But is that actually enough to reward clever ambushes?

I cover two simple homebrew options that make Surprise more meaningful without turning every encounter into an action-economy disaster.

Which version do you use at your table?

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