SnowleopardVK
First Post
I'm either missing something here, or what I've got is a question of whether or not to follow the rules word for word when they stop making sense... Anyways, here's a simple scenario to help explain the circumstances of my question:
Let's say we have a stealthy ranged rogue hiding from a single melee-based enemy. It's round 1 of combat and she's won initiative. She fires from stealth, and let's assume even with that -20 she manages to remain hidden.
That first shot of hers gets her sneak attack bonus. Now its the enemy's turn but he can't find her since she's managed to remain hidden.
Round 2. As far as I can tell, the rules state she no longer gets her sneak attack bonus even though he doesn't know where she is because he's aware there's an enemy shooting at him from somewhere.
What I wonder about is why she would continue to get sneak attack bonus if she were invisible, but not if she were hidden? Does being invisible mean that he remains unaware of her shooting even as he's filled with arrows? No. Is the rest of the situation generally the same? As far as I can tell yes.
I think it'd be a reasonable houserule to say that a rogue who managed to hide that well should continue to get her sneak attack bonuses until she's actually spotted. But I'd like to make sure I'm not missing something from somewhere else in the rules that explains the seemingly nonsensical official ruling.
In short, I can't see why invisibility, which is essentially just a (really) good way of boosting your stealth doesn't work the same as far as sneak attacks go as an exceptional stealth roll, aside from "Because the rules say so".
Let's say we have a stealthy ranged rogue hiding from a single melee-based enemy. It's round 1 of combat and she's won initiative. She fires from stealth, and let's assume even with that -20 she manages to remain hidden.
That first shot of hers gets her sneak attack bonus. Now its the enemy's turn but he can't find her since she's managed to remain hidden.
Round 2. As far as I can tell, the rules state she no longer gets her sneak attack bonus even though he doesn't know where she is because he's aware there's an enemy shooting at him from somewhere.
What I wonder about is why she would continue to get sneak attack bonus if she were invisible, but not if she were hidden? Does being invisible mean that he remains unaware of her shooting even as he's filled with arrows? No. Is the rest of the situation generally the same? As far as I can tell yes.
I think it'd be a reasonable houserule to say that a rogue who managed to hide that well should continue to get her sneak attack bonuses until she's actually spotted. But I'd like to make sure I'm not missing something from somewhere else in the rules that explains the seemingly nonsensical official ruling.
In short, I can't see why invisibility, which is essentially just a (really) good way of boosting your stealth doesn't work the same as far as sneak attacks go as an exceptional stealth roll, aside from "Because the rules say so".