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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 6774458" data-attributes="member: 6777052">If the reason for wanting to chase the monster stealthily is so that it can be surprised, well, you have to declare the combat over and start a new combat to get surprise. If you are continuing a previous combat, there is nothing you can do to gain surprise.If the reason for wanting the movement to be stealthy is to be able to claim advantage for attacking whilst hidden, well, you have to hide somewhere the monster can't see you but in such a place that, on your combat turn, you can emerge from hiding and make your attack. So you have to hide in the same room as the monster, having somehow got in through the door without it noticing. If the door is out of sight of the monster, round a corner or behind a curtain, for example, then the DM might call for a stealth check for getting into the room unnoticed, and that's the same as trying to hide. It takes an action (or just a bonus action if you are a rogue).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 6774458, member: 6777052"] If the reason for wanting to chase the monster stealthily is so that it can be surprised, well, you have to declare the combat over and start a new combat to get surprise. If you are continuing a previous combat, there is nothing you can do to gain surprise. If the reason for wanting the movement to be stealthy is to be able to claim advantage for attacking whilst hidden, well, you have to hide somewhere the monster can't see you but in such a place that, on your combat turn, you can emerge from hiding and make your attack. So you have to hide in the same room as the monster, having somehow got in through the door without it noticing. If the door is out of sight of the monster, round a corner or behind a curtain, for example, then the DM might call for a stealth check for getting into the room unnoticed, and that's the same as trying to hide. It takes an action (or just a bonus action if you are a rogue). [/QUOTE]

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