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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RainOfSteel" data-source="post: 3266607" data-attributes="member: 24460">You know, I was thinking much the same thing reading this topic up to this point.Being surrounded?  Closing one's eyes being an advantage during this time under the RAW?Definitely not a good idea.-----------------I suppose the question is whether an invisible combatant threatens, and therefore allows for flanking.When I look up the rules for flanking (PHB p.153), plus the definitions of flanking (PHB p308), threaten, and threatened square (PHB p.314), I cannot think of a rules reason why an invisible combatant wouldn't threaten and wouldn't provide a flanking bonus.I don't exactly like the results of that, though.I'm not sure how I would go on a house rule.Does it matter whether the defender knows whether the combatant is there?Does it matter that either attacker knows the other is there?The rules don't say, unfortunately (or at least it isn't obvious to me).---------------------------It would have been convenient if the rules outlined in Skip Williams <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20040302a" target="_blank">All About Sneak Attacks (Part Three)</a> article had been included in the PHB.  That information seems pretty crucial to undestanding how the rules work.</blockquote>