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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 4317339" data-attributes="member: 2525">If you want your move to be stealthy, then you have to be in cover or concealment for the entire move and beat your opponents perception check, or your opponent has to be distracted.  You would use this to avoid your opponent knowing you are there, so you can observer their behavior or set up a closer attack or bypass the area or steal an item without them noticing it or something like that.If you want your attack to be stealthy, then you have to be in cover or concealment for the entire attack, and beat your opponents perception check.  You will no longer be stealthy after the attack, but during the attack you are considered stealthed and thus gain combat advantage for the attack.If a target knows roughly where a stealthy person went before the stealthy person attacks, that does not itself negate the stealth.  To negate stealth, the target needs one of two things: 1) unblocked line of sight to the person attempting the stealth check, or 2) beat the  stealth check with a perception check.  Now, knowing where a stealthy person went does mean you can attack into the stealthy person's area. And that may often result in, for example, a burst or blast attack being dropped on or near the head of the stealthy person.</blockquote>