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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Springheel" data-source="post: 6969630" data-attributes="member: 6828720">I'm helping a new DM learn the 5e rules, and I'm not sure I gave him the right advice last night.  Assume the following scenario:A green hag and 4 bullywugs are lying in wait in a dimly lit temple.  They plan to hide and ambush the unaware players as they enter.  How many stealth rolls should the DM make?  Does each creature make it's own stealth roll?  It seems likely that at least one will roll poorly if so.  Does the DM make a group check with all the creatures?  Does he roll individually for the hag and a group check for the bullywugs?  Does he roll once for the hag and once for the group of bullywugs?I told him to do the last one, though I'm not sure that was correct (I think I was thinking of initiative).He rolled a 12 and 13.  Not very impressive rolls.However, since none of the players were looking for trouble, and the temple was dimly lit, their passive perception was less than 9, so they didn't see any of the opponents and were surprised.</blockquote>