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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Gilliam" data-source="post: 8037245" data-attributes="member: 6920404">Thank you [USER=6788736]@Flamestrike[/USER] for your insights!&nbsp;&nbsp; Here's where my group is at now on our FAQ:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Are being Hidden and being Stealthy in combat the same thing? Yes, even during the movement to your hiding place. Hiding as you retreat from a creature is as difficult as remaining hidden as you approach one, and can only occur if the DM judges that the creature is sufficiently distracted.&nbsp; For example, say a non-adjacent monster has an action prepared to do a ranged attack against any opponent that moves, and that you are currently unhidden and visible to that monster. Let's say you first tell the DM you'd like to be Stealthy as you retreat, the DM determines that some of your opponents might be sufficiently distracted and calls for a Stealth check, and then you start to move to a hiding place. If the monster with the prepared action was one of your opponents determined to be sufficiently distracted, then their prepared action will only trigger if their passive Perception equals or bests your Stealth check. If that opponent is not sufficiently distracted, the monster's prepared action would trigger.</li>
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[QUOTE="Jon Gilliam, post: 8037245, member: 6920404"] Thank you [USER=6788736]@Flamestrike[/USER] for your insights! Here's where my group is at now on our FAQ: [LIST] [*][B]Are being Hidden and being Stealthy in combat the same thing?[I] [/I][/B] Yes, even during the movement to your hiding place. Hiding as you retreat from a creature is as difficult as remaining hidden as you approach one, and can only occur if the DM judges that the creature is sufficiently distracted. For example, say a non-adjacent monster has an action prepared to do a ranged attack against any opponent that moves, and that you are currently unhidden and visible to that monster. Let's say you first tell the DM you'd like to be Stealthy as you retreat, the DM determines that some of your opponents might be sufficiently distracted and calls for a Stealth check, and then you start to move to a hiding place. If the monster with the prepared action was one of your opponents determined to be sufficiently distracted, then their prepared action will only trigger if their passive Perception equals or bests your Stealth check. If that opponent is not sufficiently distracted, the monster's prepared action would trigger. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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