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<blockquote data-quote="nswanson27" data-source="post: 6947009" data-attributes="member: 6797553">For me, an enemy can have an awareness of a rogues location all it wants - just like a party can be aware of the location of an invisible enemy. The party is still getting disadvantage on all attacks. I don't find this to be a problem. If it's just a rogue (solo) vs. enemy, then the enemy isn't just going to sit there and get shot indefinitely. They will either close in or get hidden themselves. If the rogue's target is also being engaged by the barbarian, then there's plenty of justification for that enemy to be &quot;distracted&quot; by the greataxe coming for their skull.For your case, a passive higher than stealth roll means they get spotted as they pop out, otherwise not.You know, I think this would all be clearer if they made the stealth roll to be part of the sneak attack (the popping out of cover part). As it is, it's a &quot;forward-looking&quot; ability check. Now, if there was some effort by the enemy to be watching for the rogue's attack (readied action or active perception check while closing in), then I would probably give disadvantage on the rogue's stealth check.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nswanson27, post: 6947009, member: 6797553"] For me, an enemy can have an awareness of a rogues location all it wants - just like a party can be aware of the location of an invisible enemy. The party is still getting disadvantage on all attacks. I don't find this to be a problem. If it's just a rogue (solo) vs. enemy, then the enemy isn't just going to sit there and get shot indefinitely. They will either close in or get hidden themselves. If the rogue's target is also being engaged by the barbarian, then there's plenty of justification for that enemy to be "distracted" by the greataxe coming for their skull. For your case, a passive higher than stealth roll means they get spotted as they pop out, otherwise not. You know, I think this would all be clearer if they made the stealth roll to be part of the sneak attack (the popping out of cover part). As it is, it's a "forward-looking" ability check. Now, if there was some effort by the enemy to be watching for the rogue's attack (readied action or active perception check while closing in), then I would probably give disadvantage on the rogue's stealth check. [/QUOTE]

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