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The last example is based on my fix to the rule, that movement while hidden breaks the invisible condition at the end of your turn. But it's also my logical reading of the action. I'm giving the benefit of having successfully hid until the end of your turn when you move for ease of play and...

I see this as the same as a video game getting Remastered for an updated console. Same game, but updated to create a better user experience. But also, I could care less if it's a new edition, revised edition, updated, remastered, 5.24, 5.5, 2024, or whatever anyone wants to call it. It's D&D...

Right, I was suggesting a fix to the rules of hiding that adds, "Once hidden, if you use movement, the invisibility condition ends at the end of your current turn." It is absolutely both RAI and RAW for a DM to ask for a Dexterity (Stealth) check if a player describes trying to sneak past a...

There is a difference between sneaking and hiding. Hiding implies staying in one position. You don't say, I'm going to hide down the hallway past the guards. That's why I don't ask for the check again if you don't move, because you are still hiding. That's how you would set up an ambush for...

If they're moving down an empty halway, there is no need to take the hide action every turn. They can just walk down it. If they want to do so stealthly, and there is a meaningful chance of failure, the DM can ask for a Dexterity (Stealth) check.

Here's a thought for a simple fix. While hidden, using movement will end the invisible condition at the end of your turn. So you can hide, then move and attack an enemy or run down the hall to escape them (ie dash action), and keep the invisible condition through that turn, but the invisible...

@Soulknife_Infiltrator thank you for the wonderful breakdown. I think this all makes sense, but with one caveat. For it to work in all situations (not just combat encounters), I would have liked to see the rule state that "you gain the Invisible condition until the end of your next turn."...

Just as a point of comparison, here are the minimum system requirements for BG3, I'd be shocked if Sigil was heavier than this at the recommended level and I'd imagine will likely be quite a bit lighter at the mimimum, since Sigil won't have nearly as much going on in the background as BG3 and...

Yeah, might be too much reliance on natural language. If I say I hide behind the dresser, and then I move from behind the dresser, I'm no longer hiding behind the dresser, and wouldn't expect to still be considered hiding there. If I want to sneak past the guards, that's something else. I'm...

It feels so right that new Stealth rules have a 1000+ comment page. It's almost like it's a design goal with D&D to give us something to argue about :)

Got it. In that case, I would rule that if you make two attacks (via action surge, Haste or Extra Attack) you could Nick on one attack and bonus action attack on the other.

I thought they decoupled the bonus action attack from the attack action. So that you only have to have a light weapon in both hands to use the bonus action attack regardless of what you did with your action. IE, you could cast a spell and then make a bonus action attack with a light weapon...

I am def going to have to plan a BG3 reunion one-shot to test this out in the fall. Maybe a defense of the House of Hope scenario.

@DavyGreenwind following up on this, does the skill section (or perhaps exploration or social encounters) call out that the DM may ask for a check based on what the player describes their character as doing, even if they didn't take one of the explicit actions called out? Or conversely, does...

Were they primarily showing the DM view on the back screen? You could see the players screens in front of them from time to time, and I'm wondering if everyone can see the realitive health levels of all the combatants, or just the DM? Also, I actually don't like exactly knowing what my PCs...

My guess is that out of the gate, if you build a character with 2024 rules, you'll default to 2024 spells, feats, backgrounds and species. They may eventually add the ability to pick and choose, but unless there is a LOT of demand for it, I think it will be low on the priority list. That...

Same. At the very start of it they were looking at the screens a bit more, but with 20 minutes it felt very similar to people looking at a battle map on a kitchen table. One thing I did notice was that all the play was on the ground. I was hoping to see some 3D movement, wondering if that's...

Saving throws are always associated with an ability score. Death saving throws are not, they're just a 55/45 straight up chance. You can still use heroic inspiration to reroll though, because heroic insipiration allows you to reroll any die. But also, Death Saving Throw and failure/success...

Dungeon Dudes mentioned that a death saving throw is specifically not a D20 test, so it won't count against those.

Overall pretty impressed with what I saw at this point in development, certainly seems like it's ready for public playtesting (I can imagine there were quite a few people on the development team sweating bullets during that 90 minutes). Think it was smart of them picking Abria to DM this as she...