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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7578096" data-attributes="member: 7006">Don't think of it as a &quot;House rule&quot;... think of it merely as the DM interpreting the rules from a lack of specific information.But yes... animals that have Keen Smell can be ones that the DM interprets as ones that could be blinded and deafened and yet still make perception checks to try and find the hidden enemy.&nbsp; But of course bear in mind that it doesn't really make much difference... because any PC that attacks a Blinded individual still gets advantage on their attack just like they would have gotten advantage if they had been hidden from a non-blinded target.&nbsp; So its six on one hand, half a dozen on the other.And if by some chance the DM and players ever come upon some weird situation where both/neither apply or some senses are on and some are off or whatever... it all comes down to the DM making a call in that one specific situation that just seems to make sense.&nbsp; Should the enemy be able to know where you are based upon what they can do and how well you made a DEX (Stealth) check?&nbsp; If so, then you won't get advantage on your next attack... if they don't, then you will.It's only one attack with advantage... its nothing to get way too hung up on, seeing as how there are literally dozens of other ways to get advantage on attacks in the game.&nbsp; Stealth is no more important than any of the other ways, so no one should get their undies in a bunch over it.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 7578096, member: 7006"] Don't think of it as a "House rule"... think of it merely as the DM interpreting the rules from a lack of specific information. But yes... animals that have Keen Smell can be ones that the DM interprets as ones that could be blinded and deafened and yet still make perception checks to try and find the hidden enemy. But of course bear in mind that it doesn't [I]really[/I] make much difference... because any PC that attacks a Blinded individual still gets advantage on their attack just like they would have gotten advantage if they had been hidden from a non-blinded target. So its six on one hand, half a dozen on the other. And if by some chance the DM and players ever come upon some weird situation where both/neither apply or some senses are on and some are off or whatever... it all comes down to the DM making a call in that one specific situation that just seems to make sense. Should the enemy be able to know where you are based upon what they can do and how well you made a DEX (Stealth) check? If so, then you won't get advantage on your next attack... if they don't, then you will. It's only one attack with advantage... its nothing to get way too hung up on, seeing as how there are literally dozens of other ways to get advantage on attacks in the game. Stealth is no more important than any of the other ways, so no one should get their undies in a bunch over it. :) [/QUOTE]

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