Even if both creatures have advantage/disadvantage, the attacker will always have the most difficult time as he has to choose the right square to attack, which will never be 100% accurate without Blindsense, Blindsight or the like.
Not necessarily. The rules assume you're being noisy unless you successfully hide.
Well I guess you'd still have to pass a Perception check to narrow down the creature's location to the exact 5 foot square. If I was the DM in such a situation I would probably make that a Perception check with disadvantage, or a passive Perception -5, contested by the target's passive Stealth (unless there are specific rules about this situation that I am not aware of), as the accuracy of of our sense of hearing is much worse than that of sight.
I am not entirely sure how light obscurement works according to RAW as I feel "A creature effectively suffers from the blinded condition when trying to see something in that area" can be interpreted both as "when your target is in the obscured area" and "when you are in the obscured area". I am not sure which interpretation is the correct one, or if both are correct, by RAW.
Pretty sure the intended interpretation is that you can't see anything that's inside a heavily obscured area, not that you can't see anything at all while you're in an obscured area. Being in a pitch black corner of a room doesn't stop you from seeing into nearby brightly lit areas in the real world.
While I agree that what you're saying makes sense in the case of darkness, in a heavily obscured area, such as dense fog, does it not seem logical to assume that the obscurity would work both ways?
So if a Rogue is hidden behind a wall from his previous turn, but has to move 10 feet to get a clear shot with his longbow on his next turn, does he still have advantage?
So if a Rogue is hidden behind a wall from his previous turn, but has to move 10 feet to get a clear shot with his longbow on his next turn, does he still have advantage?
I'd apply the rules from Unseen Attackers and Targets
Combatants often try to escape their foes' notice by hiding, casting the invisibility spell, or lurking in darkness.
When you attack a target that you can't see, you have disadvantage on the attack roll. This is true whether you're guessing the target's location or you're targeting a creature you can hear but not see. If the target isn't in the location you targeted, you automatically miss, but the DM typically just says that the attack missed, not whether you guessed the target's location correctly.
When a creature can't see you, you have advantage on attack rolls against it.
If you are hidden — both unseen and unheard — when you make an attack, you give away your location when the attack hits or misses.
So since you start off hidden and your target(s) are unaware of your location I say you are granted Advantage. Though once exposed, regardless of hit or miss in the attack you are exposed.
So if a Rogue is hidden behind a wall from his previous turn, but has to move 10 feet to get a clear shot with his longbow on his next turn, does he still have advantage?
I'd apply the rules from Unseen Attackers and Targets
Combatants often try to escape their foes' notice by hiding, casting the invisibility spell, or lurking in darkness.
When you attack a target that you can't see, you have disadvantage on the attack roll. This is true whether you're guessing the target's location or you're targeting a creature you can hear but not see. If the target isn't in the location you targeted, you automatically miss, but the DM typically just says that the attack missed, not whether you guessed the target's location correctly.
When a creature can't see you, you have advantage on attack rolls against it.
If you are hidden — both unseen and unheard — when you make an attack, you give away your location when the attack hits or misses.
So since you start off hidden and your target(s) are unaware of your location I say you are granted Advantage. Though once exposed, regardless of hit or miss in the attack you are exposed.
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Well I guess you'd still have to pass a Perception check to narrow down the creature's location to the exact 5 foot square. If I was the DM in such a situation I would probably make that a Perception check with disadvantage, or a passive Perception -5, contested by the target's passive Stealth (unless there are specific rules about this situation that I am not aware of), as the accuracy of of our sense of hearing is much worse than that of sight.
While I agree that what you're saying makes sense in the case of darkness, in a heavily obscured area, such as dense fog, does it not seem logical to assume that the obscurity would work both ways?
So if a Rogue is hidden behind a wall from his previous turn, but has to move 10 feet to get a clear shot with his longbow on his next turn, does he still have advantage?
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I'd apply the rules from Unseen Attackers and Targets
So since you start off hidden and your target(s) are unaware of your location I say you are granted Advantage. Though once exposed, regardless of hit or miss in the attack you are exposed.
That helps a ton. Thank you
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