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All about stealth in #dnd and how it changed in the 2024 rules
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Apr 9, 2025
All about stealth in #dnd and how it changed in the 2024 rules. #dnd5e #2024dnd #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons
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all right let's talk about Stealth in
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DND so in the 2014 rules which is
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probably what most of you are familiar
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stealth is actually pretty simple when
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you want to hide you make a dexterity
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stealth check um to hide from other
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creatures they need to not be able to
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see you now that like the rules
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specifically say creature can't see you
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so it's a little bit vague but if you
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have total cover if you have if you are
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heavily obscured such as like heavy fog
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or you're in darkness or you're
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invisible you are hidden enough that you
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can hide now your DM might let you hide
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if you duck behind half cover or
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something like that but it is
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intentionally vague and it leaves it up
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to the DM and the players to figure out
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when is an appropriate time for a
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character to be able to hide when you
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make that stealth check you then compare
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that to the passive perceptions of every
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creature who might be able to see you if
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you roll above everyone's passive
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perception you are hidden if certain
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creatures can see you others can't like
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you may be hidden to some creatures but
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not to others so it's like one to many
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it's a little complicated to track but
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generally your DM is just going be like
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yeah you are hidden uh and if if you
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remain hidden and other creatures need
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to find you they need to as an action
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make a perception check to look for you
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so being hidden can be very very
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powerful in 2014 the 2024 rules made
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some kind of big changes to how Stu
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stealth works it is more explicit and
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clear in how it works so there's less of
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that like hey DM can I hide behind this
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low wall there's less of that but it's
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still a little odd so in the 2024 rules
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you still make that same dexterity
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stealth check but there is a base DC of
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15 no matter what you have to roll at
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least a 15 on your check to successfully
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hide uh even if you are hiding from a
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blind person plugging their ears and
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screaming you still have to roll 15 to
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height successfully uh and you must also
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be behind 3/4 or total cover or be
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heavily obscured which again is heavy
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fog darkness something like that once
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you've met the conditions you've passed
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that dc15 you then also compare your
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stealth check to the passive perception
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of creatures around you and you also
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have to break line of sight so uh again
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requirements dc15 stealth check uh
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adequate cover or heavily obscured and
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you must break line of sight then you
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can hide assuming you pass the check
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successfully you then gain the invisible
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condition so we've gone from in like
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every previous edition of D and D where
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sneaking was sneaking but it wasn't like
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I crouch down and I turn invisible like
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a video game now in 20124 you crouch
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down and you turn invisible like it's a
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video game
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