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If Using Only the Core Rules The Rules Compendium explores this in greater detail, including exactly what being hidden means and the advantages it grants. However, if working exclusively from the SRD …

Bonuses on damage rolls are not added to extra damage The slayer's extraordinary ability studied target says that A slayer can study an opponent he can see as a move action. The slayer then gains …

A handful of effects that readers might assume are undetectable are explicit that victims recognize them. For example, a creature knows that it can't cast defensively when it's threatened by a foe tha …

Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 disregards most facing rules, so sneaking up behind someone usually isn't done. Instead, the awareness of the foe is determined if the rogue attempts to evade detection (e.g. …

Yes You can ready a free, move, or standard action. That action can be to cast a spell that has one of those casting times. If that spell is also a ranged attack (which can be a ranged touch attack, …

Vision and Light covers this In bright light a creature that's visible or lacking cover can't make Stealth checks. In normal light a creature that's visible or lacking cover can't make Stealth check …

Tremorsense reveals the location of invisible attackers; it doesn't offer protection from sneak attack damage The extraordinary ability tremorsense says that it can automatically pinpoint the loc …

Negating a miss chance does not—not even momentarily—end or suppress the effect that caused the miss chance The spell true strike (and, likewise, the magic weapon special ability seeking) doesn't, up …

A comprehensive general rule is impossible Of the game's two thousand or so feats, there are about 40 feats like the one the question describes. That is, the feats have sneak attack as a prerequisite …

A grappled foe may also be denied its Dexterity bonus to AC or flanked, but neither is automatic due to a grapple For the slayer to deal sneak attack damage, the target of the slayer's attack can't b …

Things Do What They Say They Do For example, a feat that says it enables the user to deal sneak attack damage to undead creatures enables the user to deal sneak attack damage to undead creatures. On t …

Ranged Touch Attacks Can Inflict Sneak Attack Damage Although it's implied by the Player's Handbook, Complete Arcane clarifies this in the section Weaponlike Spells Any spell that requires an att …

Here's How to Hide in Dungeons and Dragons 3.5, but to address specifics, here are Questions & Answers Question: With what actions can the supernatural ability hide in plain sight be combined? Ans …

Even if the rogue has the feat Improved Precise Shot, the rogue's foe can still have concealment. If the concealment's less than total, the rogue will ignore the miss chance, but the foe'll still have …

The usual way I've seen to bypass the no-discernable-anatomy limitation on the most commonly encountered kinds of said foes is with the rogue having sufficient Use Magic Device skill ranks to activate …