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<blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 8099458" data-attributes="member: 6788736">It doesnt work that way. Or it kind of does, but in a different way.If you're trying to be quiet (sneaking) while unseen, that's the Hide action. It's expressly what the Stealth skill is (and does) and what the Hide action represents you doing.Instead of using your action to Dash, you're using it to Hide, so you're moving at half the speed you would be moving if you were not trying to be quiet.As for 'half movement' assume a normal person who isn't using their action to fight or do something else in a round moves at 60' speed (Move + Dash). If they were moving slowly and scanning for threats, they'd move slower at half speed of 30' (Move + Search). If they were cautiously advancing with their guards up they also move slower at half speed (Dodge + Move).If they were moving silently they also move slower at 30' ('half normal') because they're doing a (Move + Hide).Cunning action mixes this up a bit, but it lets a Rogue (Move+Dash) and also Attack, or Search, or Hide while moving at full speed (60').</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flamestrike, post: 8099458, member: 6788736"] It doesnt work that way. Or it kind of does, but in a different way. If you're trying to be quiet (sneaking) while unseen, [I]that's the Hide action.[/I] It's expressly what the Stealth skill is (and does) and what the Hide action represents you doing. Instead of using your action to Dash, you're using it to Hide, so you're moving at half the speed you would be moving if you were not trying to be quiet. As for 'half movement' assume a normal person who isn't using their action to fight or do something else in a round moves at 60' speed (Move + Dash). If they were moving slowly and scanning for threats, they'd move slower at half speed of 30' (Move + Search). If they were cautiously advancing with their guards up they also move slower at half speed (Dodge + Move). If they were moving silently they also move slower at 30' ('half normal') because they're doing a (Move + Hide). Cunning action mixes this up a bit, but it lets a Rogue (Move+Dash) and also Attack, or Search, or Hide while moving at full speed (60'). [/QUOTE]

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