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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plaguescarred" data-source="post: 6905887" data-attributes="member: 6701422">Funnily, the D&D Next Stealth rules were more clear than 5E final version StealthWhen a creature tries to hide, it relies on itsDexterity to remain unnoticed. A creature canattempt a Dexterity check to sneak around,moving quietly and using cover and heavilyobscured areas to avoid detection.There are two ways you can hide. If a creaturecan’t possibly see you, you need only to avoidmaking noise to avoid detection. If a creaturemight see you, you need to keep behind cover orstay in heavily obscured areas to remain hidden.When you try to hide from one or morecreatures, your Dexterity check is contested bythe Wisdom check of any creature who mightnotice you or the Intelligence check of a creaturethat is actively searching for signs of yourpresence. You make one Dexterity check for thiscontest. Note your result, and use it as yourcheck for all contests until you are discovered orstop hiding.Conditions for StealthIn order to avoid detection, you need some wayto remain out of sight—either something to hidebehind, or an area of poor visibility to locateyourself in.Stay out of sight. You can’t just stand in themiddle of an empty, lit room and hope to avoidnotice. Something must conceal you, perhaps alarge object, a piece of terrain, or an immobilecreature of a sufficient size, such as a slumberingdragon. Regardless of what stands between youand a viewer, it must cover at least half yourbody for you to hide behind it.An environmental phenomenon that obscuresyou from view can also provide a means to hide.A heavily obscured area typically containsdarkness, opaque fog, or dense foliage. Acreature in a heavily obscured area is out of sight,just as it if were hiding behind an obstruction,and thus can try to hide. A lightly obscured areatypically contains dim light, patchy fog, ormoderate foliage. Some monsters and charactershave special abilities that enable them to try tohide even in areas that are only lightly obscured.Stay quiet. It’s assumed that you try to avoidmaking noise while hiding, and your Dexteritycheck also represents your ability to keep quiet.If you make a noise, such as yelling a warning toan ally or knocking over a vase, you give awayyour position and are thus no longer hidden.Benefits of Being HiddenWhen your enemies don’t know where you are,you can take advantage of the following benefitsYou cannot be targeted by a creature fromwhich you are hidden if it uses an attack or aspell effect that requires it to pick a specifictarget. You can still be affected by area effects.You have advantage on the attack roll whenyou attack a creature from which you are hidden.Making an attack usually reveals your position.</blockquote>

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