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<blockquote data-quote="ClearlyTough69" data-source="post: 7013130" data-attributes="member: 6864123">PHB says your Stealth check is contested by the Perception checks of other creatures until you are discovered or stop hiding. That's one roll, not several. If you have an encounter and you come out of hiding, for example to attack or interact with another creature, then you'll need to make a new Stealth check to hide again. But you say you stayed in Stealth, so I assume you were not detected, in which case your previous check should still apply. By the same token, if you make a bad Stealth roll, you should stick with that roll rather than continuing to roll until you get a 'good' result.I see no reason in RAW why entering or leaving your favoured terrain should make any difference to your Stealth check. Nor can I see any reason to require you to make a new check when the terrain changes full stop: terrain affects another creature's Perception checks to find you, not your Stealth check per se. So if you step out of tall grass into a clearing, it doesn't change your Stealth check, but it may change another creature's chances of noticing you....Oh yes, forgot to say that it's still your DM's decision, but I hope you can persuade him or her to err on the side of fewer rather than more checks. After all, each additional check is an additional chance of failure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClearlyTough69, post: 7013130, member: 6864123"] PHB says your Stealth check is contested by the Perception checks of other creatures [I]until you are discovered or stop hiding[/I]. That's [B]one roll[/B], not several. If you have an encounter and you come out of hiding, for example to attack or interact with another creature, then you'll need to make a new Stealth check to hide again. But you say you stayed in Stealth, so I assume you were not detected, in which case your previous check should still apply. By the same token, if you make a bad Stealth roll, you should stick with that roll rather than continuing to roll until you get a 'good' result. I see no reason in RAW why entering or leaving your favoured terrain should make any difference to your Stealth check. Nor can I see any reason to require you to make a new check when the terrain changes full stop: terrain affects another creature's Perception checks to find you, not your Stealth check [I]per se[/I]. So if you step out of tall grass into a clearing, it doesn't change your Stealth check, but it may change another creature's chances of noticing you. ...Oh yes, forgot to say that it's still your DM's decision, but I hope you can persuade him or her to err on the side of fewer rather than more checks. After all, each additional check is an additional chance of failure. [/QUOTE]

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