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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6375002" data-attributes="member: 42582">I assume it does if it is opaque, even though - per the concealment rules - it does not grant concealment.Here is  [MENTION=58197]Dausuul[/MENTION]: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?358787-Stealth-in-5E" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?358787-Stealth-in-5E</a>. There have been others. Contrary to your hypothesis, these people are not all enemies of 5e.  [MENTION=3586]MerricB[/MENTION], on his <a href="http://merricb.com/2014/08/13/being-stealthy-in-dungeons-dragons-5e/" target="_blank">blog</a>, points to a section of the rules that I have not seen quoted on this thread. From Basic PDF, p 63, "a slow pace makes it possible to sneak around", and from p 64, "While traveling at a slow pace, the characters can move stealthily. As long as they’re not in the open, they can try to surprise or sneak by other creatures they encounter."Merric says:I interpret this as a character moving at two-thirds of normal speed whilst behind some form of cover or if obscured in any way.He goes on:[T]he section on Hiding in Chapter 7: Using Ability Scores indicates that in combat, you’ll usually be seen if you approach a creature, but the DM may rule that if it’s distracted you can remain hidden. I believe this is a rule that modifies the rule for being in the open – you can remain hidden as long as you have cover or obscurement, but if you approach it in the open, you can remain hidden if it’s distracted (thus, looking the other way).I personally find it a bit counterintuitive that the rules for being stealthy in combat have to be constructed out of rules under the heading "activity while travelling", particularly when that section (p 64) says "See the rules for hiding in chapter 7" - which implies, to me at least, that the section in question is subject to those rules rather than adding to them.But even if Merric is right - and for all I know, he has correctly discerned the designers' intentions - I fully agree with him that "the rules for Stealth in the new edition of Dungeons & Dragons [are] rather hard to follow."</blockquote>

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