What is the archetypical way to use a hide-then-strike-with-advantage-and-sneak-attack-bonus-strategy?
I am an assassin, and I use my turn to walk into the shadows (dim light) and hide. There are four enemies in the room, one of which has low-light vision. I roll for Dex(Stealth). DM rolls for the three enemies that is concerned with the dim light. (I presume that from the low-light vision enemy I cannot hide?). It turns out I beat the perception check of two of the enemies but not the third. So I am now hidden from two enemies.
On my next turn, none of the two enemies have spotted me. I now have to move out of the shadows to get to one of these two. I dexterity(stealth) again and the target fails to wisdom(perception) me. I stab the unknowing target in the back – using advantage and sneak attack damage.
Is this even close to how you use this tactics?
- Can I be hidden from some enemies and not some?
- Could the enemies that sees me alert the others of the danger?
- Can I sneak out over the well-lit floor to sneak attack someone out there?
- If so, is it a Stealth vs. Perception situation? Anyone with advantage/disadvantage?
As you can see, after thirty years of DD-playing (not so intence…) I still never played a backstabber. In 4E we used rogue-strikers, but with flank etc. hide-in-shadows was seldom needed, and we never learned how to really use it.
So, anyone being able to enlighten me? Booth house rules, RAW and experience from previous editions are welcome!
Thank you for your patience,
Cendorn
I am an assassin, and I use my turn to walk into the shadows (dim light) and hide. There are four enemies in the room, one of which has low-light vision. I roll for Dex(Stealth). DM rolls for the three enemies that is concerned with the dim light. (I presume that from the low-light vision enemy I cannot hide?). It turns out I beat the perception check of two of the enemies but not the third. So I am now hidden from two enemies.
On my next turn, none of the two enemies have spotted me. I now have to move out of the shadows to get to one of these two. I dexterity(stealth) again and the target fails to wisdom(perception) me. I stab the unknowing target in the back – using advantage and sneak attack damage.
Is this even close to how you use this tactics?
- Can I be hidden from some enemies and not some?
- Could the enemies that sees me alert the others of the danger?
- Can I sneak out over the well-lit floor to sneak attack someone out there?
- If so, is it a Stealth vs. Perception situation? Anyone with advantage/disadvantage?
As you can see, after thirty years of DD-playing (not so intence…) I still never played a backstabber. In 4E we used rogue-strikers, but with flank etc. hide-in-shadows was seldom needed, and we never learned how to really use it.
So, anyone being able to enlighten me? Booth house rules, RAW and experience from previous editions are welcome!
Thank you for your patience,
Cendorn