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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ziana" data-source="post: 4313168" data-attributes="member: 69885">There are numerous ways to gain Combat Advantage.I believe part of the intended design in 4E is that players make the effort to gain Combat Advantage as often as possible. Having it isn't unbalancing: it's expected strikers will be flanking or using special abilities to gain it. This encourages them to think more tactically, rather than just standing in one place and hitting round after round.How stealth is supposed to work in combat is unclear: answers from CSRs have been contradictory, and they have reportedly stopped answering stealth questions while working out a consistent set of rulings. However, what we have from the PHB is that:• Stealth is not a "mode" or condition ala 3E. It's a method you apply to any other action, including attacks.• The necessary condition for performing an action stealthily is that you have Concealment or Cover. That's all.• If you succeed in your stealth roll against a target, you have Combat Advantage (they can't see you, or are unaware of you). Attacking from behind cover or from inside concealment (even a 1 square pillar or bush) means that the target is unable to effectively observe you attacking, and cannot adequately defend against or anticipate those attacks. The target may be 100% certain of the square you are in, and may have every intention of coming to get you, but this doesn't prevent you from using that cover or concealment to continue to gain an advantage over the target. If you can pop out momentarily from surprise angles, you have Combat Advantage over them.Consider it this way: a rogue and fighter can cooperate in melee so that both always have Combat Advantage from flanking. It's thus not overpowering for ranged attackers with stealth ability to have a probability (stealth DC) of gaining CA each round. It requires making use of terrain, positioning so that they have cover, and dealing with the consequences of casters tossing fireballs at the bushes or angry soldiers running for their cover position.</blockquote>

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