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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Branduil" data-source="post: 6351796" data-attributes="member: 11617">If you are totally obscured or invisible you don't even need to hide to get advantage on your attack. The rules also explicitly state that if you attack while hidden, the attack gives away your position, and if you approach a creature from hiding, that usually gives away your position. The inference being that you can immediately attack from a hidden position and gain advantage, but if you move out of hiding and approach, it will only work in specific circumstances. And by RAW, moving around in your own square to make an attack as part of your action would effectively be happening simultaneously. Furthermore, if your interpretation is correct, that means the halfling's Naturally Stealthy ability to hide behind another creature is mechanically meaningless, and WotC just wrote it in for funsies.</blockquote>