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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8096700" data-attributes="member: 7006">All this back and forth about whether the Monk is Hidden just to get the Monk TWO things...Attacking the Monk but having to guess the square he's in, and the Monk getting to make his next attack with Advantage.That's it!And as I said earlier... if the Monk has run 100' away from his target, the odds of the target attacking him back are so small as to be insignificant.  Cause instead the target will find the closest easier to target to attack, so who gives a heck where the Monk ran off to and whether he's Hidden or not.And as far as attacking with Advantage?  Great, the Monk is gaining a bonus that almost every other PC can and will gain throughout a fight themselves.  Big freakin' deal!  The Hidden Rogue will be attacking with Advantage.  The Battlemaster Fighter who Feinted will be attacking with Advantage.  The person who attacks after the Cleric cast Guiding Bolt will be attacking Advantage.  Everyone who sees the enemy that is encased in Faerie Fire will be attacking with Advantage.  Attacking with Advantage is such a generic bonus that it baffles me why so many people feel they need to argue the merits as to whether the Monk can gain it or not.  Especially after it went through all the trouble to gain Greater Invisibility.All this time arguing about something so inconsequential like this is like arguing about what the definition of "is" is.</blockquote>