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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 8706347" data-attributes="member: 6787503">The rule represents that when an enemy is next to you (meeting the conditions described in the rule), the difficulty of making a ranged attack is increased. It doesn't describe and need not represent any specific fictitious causal process whereby this increase has occurred. That's something for the group and DM to come up with as needed on a case by case basis. Where I think you've gone wrong in post #49 is by assuming the attacker is necessarily distracted by the nearby hostile creature. That's a fine thing to imagine in some cases but is inconsistent with the established fiction that the creature is hidden because it would require the attacker to notice the hidden creature in some way.My recommendation would be to follow the procedure given in the rule. I.e. impose disadvantage on the roll and allow the resolution of the attack to occur. Then, if the attack misses and a fictional justification for that event is desired, invent one that is consistent with the established fiction.</blockquote>