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<blockquote data-quote="Sashi" data-source="post: 4258425" data-attributes="member: 61842">Stealth is a very difficult thing to get to work in an RPG. There's a fine line to walk between &quot;you can never hide&quot; and &quot;with this skill check I become invisible!&quot;3E and 4E further complicated this by removing facing, which means that it's impossible to sneak up &quot;behind&quot; someone.The 4E rules are as non-confusing as any of the D&amp;D stealth rules have been: If you have cover, you may hide. If you don't have cover, you are seen.The distraction rule from Bluff says that you may make a stealth check to hide if you distract your targets. This means that you use a standard action to distract, and then move to cover and hide behind it. The important thing is that your opponents don't know which cover-providing item he's hiding behind.I don't particularly like these rules, and will probably houserule them a bit, but they're pretty clear.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sashi, post: 4258425, member: 61842"] Stealth is a very difficult thing to get to work in an RPG. There's a fine line to walk between "you can never hide" and "with this skill check I become invisible!" 3E and 4E further complicated this by removing facing, which means that it's impossible to sneak up "behind" someone. The 4E rules are as non-confusing as any of the D&D stealth rules have been: If you have cover, you may hide. If you don't have cover, you are seen. The distraction rule from Bluff says that you may make a stealth check to hide if you distract your targets. This means that you use a standard action to distract, and then move to cover and hide behind it. The important thing is that your opponents don't know which cover-providing item he's hiding behind. I don't particularly [i]like[/i] these rules, and will probably houserule them a bit, but they're pretty clear. [/QUOTE]

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