I'm cackling

The character I created for the current DnD game -- Bria, a half-orc ranger -- took Alert as a feat ("You gain a +5 bonus to initiative, you can't be surprised while you are conscious, and other creatures don’t gain advantage on attack rolls against you as a result of being unseen by you.") so is fairly unsurprisable.

Yesterday she got a magical item that, among other effects, includes "can't be surprised" ... I may have just about fallen over laughing.

Details, which includes spoilers for Tomb of Annihilation:

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