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That is different than getting advantage from hiding every round.

If you focus on one guy while many are trying to kill you, then are going to be dead a lot quicker. Sorry I don't buy this and I think you contradict yourself here. The whole premise of your argument is the guy is not paying attention to the main threat - i.e. the Rogue that is trying to sneak...

You are assuming that such fighters have no reason to think someone is sneaking up on them. They are assuming someone is trying to do exactly that, they are going to be looking for that and as you said will notice more when they do. You are also missing that training is used specifically and...

I am in the Navy and I think of it like being on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier during flight operations. The flight deck is a dangerous environment. You have all kinds of threats, you can be blown overboard, sucked into an intake, chopped up by an E-2 propellor, walk off the flight...

Passive perception or active perception? If we are using logic, passive perception should have advantage in combat as your senses are heightened. You are literally fighting for your life and your senses are heightened. You should have disadvantage on passive perception when you are in the...

Not all at once, but over a turn yes. They are turning their head back and forth and scanning the battlefield a lot faster than someone walking could sneak up on them.

No kidding, DPR should be retnamed DPRWYTAA - Damage Per Round When You Take Attack Action ... and even then it assumes you are not shoving, grappling, throwing a dagger at a foe you can't get to etc. Realitically how often are you doing a weapon attack in combat with your "favored" weapon...

I think the problem with this is it is since it is a +2 it is going to stack with heavy armor or monk AC or a lot of other things while not requiring concentration and giving a free cast. I think Mage Armor as a free cast would be better.

I don't know if stingy is the right word. I would say the Rogue needs to do more than say "I sneak up on him". D&D is a story, if you are doing something that is not technically ok by the rules, tell me why it should be ok in this case.

The cleric as class traces its thematic roots to the Hospitalars who were order of crusader knights. They really revolutionized battlefield medicine and the word "hospital" actually comes from them. They wore heavy armor, so this is probably why it is there.

I don't know anyone who actually plays a 5e cleric as a healbot. Considering that,I don't really think it is necessary.

Not every round. Disadvantage kills SA outright. All the enemy near the Barbarian/Paladin has to do is dodge, that may or may not be a good choice but it will eliminate SA. Depending on the initiative order the enemy can also use things like shove, movement or a ready action to kill SA...

No a 5th level Rogue with expertise in stealth and a 20 Dexterity will have a +11. So it is possible at 5th level, but very few Rogues will have a 20 by then.

All great points, but I would argue it is on the player to ask - describe what the Ogre is doing right now, describe the ground and lighting between me and the Ogre - can I sneak around in the shadows to the left side while he is focusing on the Barbarian to the right. If the player does that...

Maybe, but few Rogues have a +11 at middle levels too ..... if the Rogue has a +11 and they have a 13 perception you have you have a 90% chance of success. In any case it certainly is not 100%, ever.

I would disagree with this. I think there are a lot of low encounter days and I don't think there is a problem with that. I really think the 6-8 encounter "rule" is for the height of an adventure or climax. Certainly on downtime players are not doing 6 encounters a day, or even 1 encounter...

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For the combat example here is the way I run it as a DM - explain how you are going to remain unseen. If the explanation is really good I will let the attack go. It is amazing the creativity players will use when presented with that scenario. Depending on what they say I will say "no you...

hidden means unseen and unheard. 1) So advantage on all stealth checks, this is roughly the same as boots of elvenkind. 2) this applies if you are in a an area that the enemy can use his sight. If you are behind a bush or you are invisible this applies, in that case he has disadvantage to...

Ok a few things. 1. Rogues will never get advantage on every turn by taking hide because they would need to succeed at a stealth check and no Rogue no matter how high his dex is he will not always suceed at a stealth check every time he tries. If you have a 20 in dex and expertise in stealth...