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DM Help! My rogue always spams Hide as a bonus action, and i cant target him!
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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6937919" data-attributes="member: 6787650"><p>I view Stealth as one of the more potentially-broken areas of PHB by the rules as written. I've done a few things at my table to deal with this:</p><p></p><p>(1) Exploding dice on a crit success or crit fail so that anyone can fail potentially. (Doesn't affect high-level Rogues due to Reliable Talent, but prevents a Shadow Monk with +17 to Stealth from being completely ridiculous.)</p><p></p><p>(2) Some monsters with blindsight (like Black Puddings) are unaffected by Dexterity (Stealth) rolls, since they don't rely on vision at all. Instead they rely on "taste" through the air. I'd allow you to prep an anti-Black Pudding stealth treatment ahead of time (e.g. by smearing unguent all over yourself) with a successful Intelligence (Nature) + Intelligence (Stealth) roll, but just sneaking around and hiding in darkness per usual isn't going to help you.</p><p></p><p>(3) Some monsters, like drow and goblins, like to play Stealth and Counter-Stealth games. If a PC hides, the monsters hide too, and then everyone starts Searching (action: make a Perception roll) to uncover each other so that everyone on their side can paste whoever it was they uncovered before hiding again. Naturally the PCs usually come out ahead because they have better skills, but when there are 10+ drow all searching for you, the slightest slip (low Stealth roll) leads to almost certain discovery and a whole bunch of sleep-poisoned crossbow bolts to the face.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6937919, member: 6787650"] I view Stealth as one of the more potentially-broken areas of PHB by the rules as written. I've done a few things at my table to deal with this: (1) Exploding dice on a crit success or crit fail so that anyone can fail potentially. (Doesn't affect high-level Rogues due to Reliable Talent, but prevents a Shadow Monk with +17 to Stealth from being completely ridiculous.) (2) Some monsters with blindsight (like Black Puddings) are unaffected by Dexterity (Stealth) rolls, since they don't rely on vision at all. Instead they rely on "taste" through the air. I'd allow you to prep an anti-Black Pudding stealth treatment ahead of time (e.g. by smearing unguent all over yourself) with a successful Intelligence (Nature) + Intelligence (Stealth) roll, but just sneaking around and hiding in darkness per usual isn't going to help you. (3) Some monsters, like drow and goblins, like to play Stealth and Counter-Stealth games. If a PC hides, the monsters hide too, and then everyone starts Searching (action: make a Perception roll) to uncover each other so that everyone on their side can paste whoever it was they uncovered before hiding again. Naturally the PCs usually come out ahead because they have better skills, but when there are 10+ drow all searching for you, the slightest slip (low Stealth roll) leads to almost certain discovery and a whole bunch of sleep-poisoned crossbow bolts to the face. [/QUOTE]
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