Recent content by CrackedParrot

The whole purpose of a stealth check is to determine how stealthy the PC is in a scenario. The player says they try to sneak into the maximum security area, and the DM askes them to make a stealth check. There isn't a scenario where the PC goes around a corner and repeatably attempts to...

The stealth rules are not necessarily poorly written. So far, we only have the 2024 Player's Handbook. From the context of the player, they can look for creatures who had previously taken the Hide action by doing a Search action. When the player hides, they have the Invisible condition until an...

B can only attempt to hide if it is outside of an enemy's line of sight. C can see B, so B cannot attempt to hide. I think it is a bit more interesting if C had previously hid and thus has the Invisible condition. Does the DM tell B that they cannot take the hide action because they are not out...

Mechanically, A is simply unable to see B. Narratively, the players and DM need to figure something out that doesn't sound absurd or break immersion. Perhaps B is in the rafters, hiding inside shadows, or is able to temporarily distract A. I agree that mechanically it sounds really frustrating...

I think the issue comes from A specifically relying on her sense of sight. A knows that B is somewhere nearby and can be more dynamic with how she approaches combat. Scenario 1: On her turn, A walks to the bend of the corridor and turns right, looking southward directly at B. While she cannot...

While I agree that the RAW Hide rules seem absurd in a sandbox, I think they make sense in the context of actual roleplaying. An army of hobgoblins trying to sneak past all of the towns to get to the capital is an awesome story. The rules enable this by having the hobgoblins roll Dexterity...