Greenstone.Walker
Adventurer
A couple of recent threads and blog posts have got me thinking about the difference, if there is one, between hidden and unseen in 5E.
Being unseen has a lot of game-mechanical effects (advantage/disadvantage, immunity to opportunity attacks, etc). Are there actually any effects that specifically come from being hidden?
Also, can you be hidden but not unseen?
I believe you can, but I'd probably use the words "camouflaged" or "unnoticed" rather than "hidden". For example, ET hiding in plain sight among the stuffed animals when Eliot's mom looked into the closet. Yes, I know I'm showing my age.
What ability check would you call for if a player said their character was going to hide in plain sight? Perhaps blending in with a crowd? Perhaps disguising themself as someone who is supposed to be there?
Being unseen has a lot of game-mechanical effects (advantage/disadvantage, immunity to opportunity attacks, etc). Are there actually any effects that specifically come from being hidden?
Also, can you be hidden but not unseen?
I believe you can, but I'd probably use the words "camouflaged" or "unnoticed" rather than "hidden". For example, ET hiding in plain sight among the stuffed animals when Eliot's mom looked into the closet. Yes, I know I'm showing my age.
What ability check would you call for if a player said their character was going to hide in plain sight? Perhaps blending in with a crowd? Perhaps disguising themself as someone who is supposed to be there?