Stealth

Stay out of sight. Melt into the shadows.

Stealth is a Skill based on Dexterity. It helps you with staying hidden from enemies or other NPCs.

Stealth Checks benefit from your Dexterity Modifier, and if you have Proficiency in Stealth, also from your Proficiency Bonus.

Proficiency

Characters who are proficient in Stealth can add their Proficiency Bonus when making Ability checks.

The following backgrounds grant proficiency in Stealth:

• Criminal
• Urchin

The following races are proficient in Stealth:

• Wood Elf
• Wood Half-Elf

The following races have advantage in Stealth:

• Lightfoot Halfling
• Deep Gnome

The following classes can choose to select Stealth as a proficient skill at Level 1:

• Bard
• Monk
• Ranger
• Rogue

Uses

• Used to  Hide out of sight of NPCs.
  • If a character who is Hiding enters a creature's line of sight cone and is  Lightly Obscured, they will make a Stealth check every turn (approximately every 6 seconds when outside of combat or turn-based mode). The DC for this check varies based on the creature that the character is attempting to sneak past. See Perception#Passive Perception.
  • If a character who is Hiding enters a creature's line of sight cone and is  Heavily Obscured, they will not need to make Stealth checks until they get close to that creature.^{[Needs Verification]}
  • If a character who is Hiding enters a creature's line of sight cone and is in a  Clear Area, they will be spotted immediately, without making a Stealth check.
  • Characters who are Hiding and do not enter any creature's line of sight cone will never be spotted regardless of their Stealth skill, and will not make Stealth checks until entering a line of sight cone.
• Used to maintain  Greater Invisibility when performing an action while under its effect. The DC for this check begins at 15, then 17, then increases by 1 for each subsequent check.

Related Items

+1 to Skill Checks

• Gloomstrand Shield
• Leather Armour +1
• Scarlet Leather Armour
• Drow Studded Leather Armour
• Leather Armour +2
• Shadeclinger Armour
• Spidersilk Armour

+2 to Skill Checks

Smuggler's Ring

+3 to Skill Checks

Penumbral Armour while Obscured

+1d4 to All Skill Checks

Shapeshifter's Boon Ring while Shapeshifted or Disguised

Advantage on Skill Checks

• Assassin's Shortsword
• Dark Justiciar Half-Plate (Rare) while Obscured
• Viconia's Priestess Robe while Obscured
• Dark Justiciar Half-Plate (Very Rare) while Obscured
• Elegant Studded Leather

Advantage on All Dexterity Checks

The Graceful Cloth

Disadvantage on Skill Checks

With the exception of the following items, all Heavy Armour and all variations of Padded Armour, Scale Mail and Half Plate Armour provide Disadvantage on Stealth checks.

• Unwanted Masterwork Scalemail
• Yuan-Ti Scale Mail
• Armour of Agility
• Helldusk Armour
• Protective Plate

Related Spells

•  Astral Knowledge - Grants Proficiency in all Skills of a chosen Ability.
•  Knowledge of the Ages: Dexterity - Grants Proficiency in all Dexterity Skills.
•  Blessing of the Trickster - Grants Advantage on Stealth Checks.
•  Guidance - Grants a +1d4 bonus on all Skill Checks.
•  Cat's Grace - Grants Advantage on all Dexterity Checks.
•  Pass Without Trace - Grants a +10 bonus to Stealth Checks.
•  Hex (Dexterity) - Grants Disadvantage on all Dexterity Checks.
•  Greater Invisibility - Requires a succesful Stealth Check to remain Invisible after acting.