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<blockquote data-quote="auburn2" data-source="post: 8199198" data-attributes="member: 6855259">Yes if he is not visible when firing.&nbsp; Hiding in bushes and shooting out through them might do this.&nbsp; Hiding outside of an enemies darkvision range when in darkness definitely would do it.&nbsp; Hiding behind a wall or a tree and leaning out to shoot likewise clearly would not.Nothing in then rules says you don't reveal your position until you attack hits.&nbsp; All it says is an attack reveals your position.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can reveal your position before you attack too and if this is your interpretation than the Rogue can hide behinds something and then the next turn use his entire movement to walk right past enemies in broad daylight and go up to the one he wants to attack and attack him while still &quot;hidden&quot;.&nbsp; From a logical point of view if stepping out from behind cover where you can be seen to make an attack does not reveal you then why would stepping out from behind cover and walking 30 feet?&nbsp; he is seen either way.Really the key question is this - you start your turn obscured (can not be seen) and hidden can you attack THROUGH whatever is obscuring you without moving from behind it to where you will be &quot;seen&quot;.&nbsp; If you can then you can stay hidden all the way up until you attack then yes you have advantage on the attack.&nbsp; Note after you attack in this case you are still unseen, but you are no longer hidden.&nbsp; If you can't do this then you can't attack while hidden.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="auburn2, post: 8199198, member: 6855259"] Yes if he is not visible when firing. Hiding in bushes and shooting out through them might do this. Hiding outside of an enemies darkvision range when in darkness definitely would do it. Hiding behind a wall or a tree and leaning out to shoot likewise clearly would not. Nothing in then rules says you don't reveal your position until you attack hits. All it says is an attack reveals your position. You can reveal your position before you attack too and if this is your interpretation than the Rogue can hide behinds something and then the next turn use his entire movement to walk right past enemies in broad daylight and go up to the one he wants to attack and attack him while still "hidden". From a logical point of view if stepping out from behind cover where you can be seen to make an attack does not reveal you then why would stepping out from behind cover and walking 30 feet? he is seen either way. Really the key question is this - you start your turn obscured (can not be seen) and hidden can you attack THROUGH whatever is obscuring you without moving from behind it to where you will be "seen". If you can then you can stay hidden all the way up until you attack then yes you have advantage on the attack. Note after you attack in this case you are still unseen, but you are no longer hidden. If you can't do this then you can't attack while hidden. [/QUOTE]

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