Questions tagged [stealth]
For questions about the ability to remain undetected by other creatures, either by skill or special effect. (See also: the [concealment] tag.)
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Does the spell See Invisibility enable you to see a hidden creature?
Does the spell See Invisibility allow you to see a hidden creature (not one that is invisible)?
Assume that the creature has already hidden successfully (i.e. its stealth roll beat your passive ...
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Which of these surprise mechanics is correct?
I've been reading information about the surprise mechanic and still confused on which to use. There are 3 methods of Surprise that I see all over the internet.
First: Group Surprise Check
To make a ...
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What happens if the party is noticed while attempting to surprise this character in the LMoP adventure?
In Lost Mine of Phandelver (the Starter Set adventure), you have the opportunity to
What happens if
Will he be able to escape? Since you are blocking the door for his escape, does he fight you now (...
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How does ambushing / surprise work?
I have perused the Core rulebook to figure out how to handle an ambush. What I found seems very underpowered, and I am not sure if I have missed something or this is intentional and all there is to it....
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Does the warlock's Ghostly Gaze eldritch invocation automatically reveal hidden creatures?
Can a Warlock in D&D 5e with the Ghostly Gaze eldritch invocation automatically detect hidden creatures, considering that their cover is now transparent?
Is it even possible to hide from a ...
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Does being invisible grant advantage on stealth checks by RAW?
A few DMs I play with all seem to believe that being invisible (such as via the invisibility or greater invisibility spells) grants advantage on stealth checks. However, I could not find any support ...
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Would the Disguise Self spell benefit Stealth checks made to hide?
The Disguise Self spell description says "You make yourself [...] look different until the spell ends". So, assuming a woodlands setting, and your "different" includes basically turning yourself into ...
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If one creature detects a hiding creature, do all other creatures automatically detect you too?
The rules for Hiding state:
Until you are discovered or you stop hiding, that check's total is contested by the Wisdom (Perception) check of any creature that actively searches for signs of your ...
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Can “Get Away” be used to hide?
Can the second tier Stealth flavour ability Get Away (p. 51) be used to hide, such as to allow a character to do a surprise attack each round? The text of the ability is:
Get Away (2 Speed points): ...
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Can a creature be surprised if it is aware of possible danger, but does not perceive an immediate threat?
From the section on Surprise in the PHB:
The GM determines who might be surprised. If neither side tries to be stealthy, they automatically notice each other. Otherwise, the GM compares the ...
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By RAW: Does Hide prevent you from being seen, or located, or both? [duplicate]
The question: does Hide make you difficult to see, or difficult to locate?
Some additional questions to (hopefully) help lead to an answer:
A Rogue, attempts to Hide and makes a Dexterity (Stealth) ...
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By RAW: when attacking while hidden, what does it mean to “give away your location”?
A creature is Hiding by taking the Hide action.
The rules on unseen attackers and targets state:
When you attack a target that you can't see, you have disadvantage on the attack roll. This is true ...
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Can you move while Hidden?
Assuming you have successfully Hidden, can you:
Continue to be not 'clearly visible' while moving and remain Hidden?
Become 'clearly visible' while moving and remain Hidden?
In the description of ...
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By RAW: Does a creature know that it is hidden?
When a creature attempts to Hide it makes a Stealth check, which is compared to the passive Perception of opposing creatures that may notice it, or a group check if there is more than one.
Does the ...
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Can you decide not to sneak into a room after seeing your roll?
If someone asks to stealthily open a door but rolls poorly, can they just choose not to do it, and let someone else open the door?
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What is the maximum possible Stealth bonus?
I realised we do not have a version of this rather (in)famous optimization problem: What is the maximum possible bonus to a Dexterity (Stealth) check?
Bonus is here taken to mean anything that is ...
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Does Mage Hand give away the caster's position?
I was thinking about casting mage hand while hidden to do things like, for example, pulling a lever behind a guard's back. But if I'm not an Arcane Trickster, the hand is visible and the question is, ...
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Do Area of Effect spells reveal hidden or invisible enemies?
As a question that came up from this discussion about whether Mind Blank foils all attempts to gain information about the target, can area of effect spells be used to reveal enemies?
In the example ...
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Does an enemy lose its Dex bonus to AC if it has a miss chance against me?
If I am invisible, the enemy loses its Dex bonus against me, and has a 50% miss chance.
If I use Displacement, it also has 50% miss chance against me. Does it also lose its Dex bonus against my ...
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If a player run behind a wall, use Hide, then comes out, they will still be “hidden”? [duplicate]
If a player run behind a wall, use Hide (as an action), then comes out, they will still be "hidden"?
I'm the DM at this table (Lost Mine of Phandelver, 5e), and our Halfling Rogue, is doing that to ...
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Can you hide in a Giant Frog's stomach?
In D&D, it is possible to get a Giant Frog companion (as a Beast Master ranger). I was wondering what would happen if your companion swallowed you.
Would you take damage? Can you ride in its ...
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Do you have to hide in order for other creatures to not know your location inside a fog cloud?
Yesterday we had a bit of a conflict about how going and attacking someone inside a Fog Cloud.
Does a creature need to use the hide action to avoid enemies knowing his location inside the fog cloud? ...
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How does the Gloom Stalker ranger's Umbral Sight feature interact with this silent magic dagger?
I'm currently playing a ranger in a 5e module, and have gained a magic dagger that
doesn’t make noise when it hits or cuts something.
The dagger is
The Gloom Stalker ranger's Umbral Sight ...
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How does burrowing interact with surprise and attacks from hiding?
I'm running a campaign that the players are about to encounter several burrowing creatures. The creatures in question do have Tremorsense so they'll be able to tell where the players are and with ...
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Can a rogue use Sneak Attack in a Darkness spell cast by another player?
I was having debate with one of my players about a possible upcoming scenario and I would love some input. He is a multi-classed Sorcerer/Warlock and at some point soon hopes to use the darkness/...
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How to communicate to my GM that not being allowed to use stealth isn't fun for me?
I started with a group some times ago a new campaign. I made a thief that used a bow and was very very stealth based (level 3 thief having +21 on stealth with all effects applied). The intent was ...
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When stealing something, do you need to roll both Stealth and Sleight of Hand checks?
Scenario: An Arcane Trickster casts disguise self to appear as a blind old man.
In a crowded room, his accomplice distracts the target, while the Arcane Trickster tries to steal his pouch of gold. ...
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Enemies Abound: When to choose a new target?
It's unclear when/how often an affected creature picks a new target during the spell enemies abound
...On a failed save, the target loses the ability to distinguish friend from foe, regarding all ...
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If I am hiding and moving silently at the same time, what is my total movement penalty?
In D&D 3.5, according to page 79 of the PHB under the move silently skill:
You can move up to one-half your normal speed at no penalty. When
moving at a speed greater than one-half but less ...
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Do the beneficiaries of the Pass Without Trace spell change depending on who is in the 30-foot radius throughout the duration?
The pass without trace spell description reads:
A veil of shadows and silence radiates from you, masking you and your
companions from detection. For the duration, each creature you choose
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Is there any official hair dagger or spike weapon, using long hair as a whip?
Is there any official (WotC, Dungeon, Dragon, Official websites, etc., ) weapon that is a dagger or spike used in the hair as a whip-style weapon?
This shows up as a surprise hidden weapon in some ...
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How does the racial feature Mask of the Wild apply in practice (how is it beneficial?)
My interpretation of Mask of the Wild is that players with this feature are able to hide in situations that other players are unable to. For example, a wood elf can attempt a stealth roll in heavy ...
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How to handle DM constantly stealing everything from sleeping characters? [closed]
In past campaigns, the DM has had a habit of stealing from our characters while they sleep impulsively without any sort of story reason. And not just regular stealing either, they manage to remove all ...
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Do Boots of Elvenkind Negate Tremorsense?
Tremorsense detects material-based vibrations. Obviously, this refers to sound waves (“tremors”) in the real world. Interestingly, it specifically excludes flying creatures, which could be interpreted ...
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Does re-stealthing gain a bonus on roll if the NPC is engaged in other combat?
In Pathfinder.
As a rogue, if I make a successful ranged sneak attack and attempt to re-stealth (purpose I want to make another sneak attack)
If that enemy is engaged in combat (let's say with other ...
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Do sorcerers' Subtle Spells require a skill check to be unseen?
I have a guest player who is secretly an evil "plant" inside the party causing trouble. He's a sorcerer who wants to use Subtle Spell metamagic to stop the party from delving into his master's old ...
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If you attempt to grapple an opponent that you are hidden from, do they roll at disadvantage?
Quick and to the point, I'm aware that if you make an attack (which a grapple is) against an opponent you are hidden from you gain advantage, but since a grapple also is a contest roll, does the ...
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Is a Perception Check against an Invisible Target made with Disadvantage?
Here's the scenario:
Creature A is invisible, in an empty room, in an arbitrary location in the room
The room is adequately lit (call it Bright Light, for the sake of argument)
Creature A is trying ...
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Do perception checks to locate Invisible / Hiding creatures auto fail? [duplicate]
The Invisibility condition states:
For the purpose of Hiding, the creature is heavily obscured.
Rules for The Environment state:
A heavily obscured area—such as Darkness, opaque fog, or dense ...
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What are the balance implications behind making invisible things auto-hide?
This question was inspired by a comment on this question.
Normally when a 'thing' (Usually creature, but type in my games doesn't always mean as much as it should by RAW) turns invisible anyone ...
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In this scenario, how do I determine whether the enemies are surprised?
Being new to D&D and planning to do some DM'ing in the near future, I found myself struggling with "Surprise" in combat. To educate myself on this topic, I first want to understand the surprise ...
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Is the +10 Stealth bonus of the Pass without Trace spell in addition to a character's current Stealth bonus?
I know the pass without trace spell is strong, but it seems absolutely ridiculous if characters can add +10 to their already high Stealth bonus. For instance, with a Stealth bonus of +8 (which is ...
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Can Shadow Demons hide in melee combat to gain advantage on attacks?
Shadow Demons (MM, p. 64) have two abilities that seem to want to work in conjunction with each other:
Shadow Stealth - While in dim light or darkness, the demon can take the Hide action as a bonus ...
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Would being hidden grant advantage on both Bracers of Flying Daggers attacks?
Assuming that I'm using the Bracers of Flying Daggers magic item (from Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, p. 190):
This armband appears to have thin daggers strapped to it. As an action, you can pull up to ...
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Adding up the ability score? [duplicate]
D&D 5e If it says that I have a +7 to Stealth, do I add my Dexterity bonus (which is 3) plus my proficiency x 2 (which is 2x2 = 4) because of being an expert to it, or, is the + 7 just the number ...
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Is being unseen an equivalent to being hidden? [duplicate]
For example, if I am using a longbow, and my party is ~50ft in front of me, and I have made no actions other then getting up to a high point, am I able to shoot with advantage, and if so, can I use ...
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How should I adjudicate a player character's Wisdom (Perception) check against monsters lying in ambush?
Example: A fighter is concerned by the potential of ambush and scans the suspected area. For certain, there are goblins hiding in the thicket he suspects.
Should the DM have the fighter roll a ...
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If I'm invisible and use stealth, but the enemy has See Invisibility, what can I do without being detected?
I'm preparing for a large encounter in my campaign. Unfortunately, the DM likes to be a jerk to me when I try to do something spectacular, such as casting darkness over an area of enemies and then ...
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Is there anything in the rules giving Loxodons disadvantage on Stealth checks?
I'm curious if there is a ruling on this topic. Specifically the debate was over whether a Loxodon Way of the Shadow Monk could benefit from the massive stealth advantages and ninja-teleportation. ...
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How to Fairly and Consistently Handle Silent Sentry Removal / Assassinations / etc.?
The Situations
Fiction is full of moments when instead of facing an enemy head-on in an open Conflict, an attacker prefers a sneaky approach that, if fully successful, bypasses combat. Whether it's ...
