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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8201849" data-attributes="member: 2629">For the most part, true.&nbsp; They do, however, establish a framework upon which the DM is to make decisions.&nbsp; It is a minimal framework, but under RAW, the framework needs to be respected.&nbsp; Thus, there are some clearly right answers under the RAW, but there is a lot where the DM has to make a ruling for their game because there are just too many factors for the rules as written to address.If, for example, I went to play in a game with a new DM and they gave my rogue a Cloak of Elvenkind, I would expect that the DM would be following the rules for stealth and perception, and for the cloak.&nbsp; That would mean I would get to roll stealth, with advantage, when hiding (from visual inspection, at least), and that this would be opposed by the passive perception of my foes, at disadvantage (meaning at 5 less than their normal passive perception) unless someone was actively looking for me - and as long as I retained some degree of concealment&nbsp; (whether from dim light, fog, an obstruction, etc... I would expect to stay hidden.&nbsp; I feel like that is laid out by the books, and a DM that is going to differ from that should let players know in advance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8201849, member: 2629"] For the most part, true. They do, however, establish a framework upon which the DM is to make decisions. It is a minimal framework, but under RAW, the framework needs to be respected. Thus, there are some clearly right answers under the RAW, but there is a lot where the DM has to make a ruling for their game because there are just too many factors for the rules as written to address. If, for example, I went to play in a game with a new DM and they gave my rogue a Cloak of Elvenkind, I would expect that the DM would be following the rules for stealth and perception, and for the cloak. That would mean I would get to roll stealth, with advantage, when hiding (from visual inspection, at least), and that this would be opposed by the passive perception of my foes, at disadvantage (meaning at 5 less than their normal passive perception) unless someone was actively looking for me - and as long as I retained some degree of concealment (whether from dim light, fog, an obstruction, etc... I would expect to stay hidden. I feel like that is laid out by the books, and a DM that is going to differ from that should let players know in advance. [/QUOTE]

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