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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Gilliam" data-source="post: 8038710" data-attributes="member: 6920404">New FAQ based on my discussion with [USER=23751]@Maxperson[/USER] :<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Can I always use the Unseen Attackers and Targets rule if I'm hidden from my opponent?&nbsp; No, the Unseen Attackers and Targets rule is more strict than the criteria for hiding, requiring you to be both unseen and unheard.&nbsp; An example would be if you hid and then began moving, taking you through an area where you're seen but not clearly seen. As you're doing your movement, you come out of darkness and through a patch of fog where your opponent can see you but not clearly, and then at the end of your movement you're back in darkness again. While in darkness, you're both hidden and able to use the Unseen Attackers and Targets rule, but during your movement through the patch of fog, although you remain hidden, you could not attack at advantage using that rule as you are seen just not clearly.&nbsp; As another example, if your character is invisible but walks through a patch of flour on the floor, during the movement through the flour your character might not be hidden since their signs of passage are giving away their location.&nbsp; However they are still an Unseen Attacker and still an Unseen Target for purposes of that rule. </li>
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[QUOTE="Jon Gilliam, post: 8038710, member: 6920404"] New FAQ based on my discussion with [USER=23751]@Maxperson[/USER] : [LIST] [*][B]Can I always use the Unseen Attackers and Targets rule if I'm hidden from my opponent?[/B] No, the Unseen Attackers and Targets rule is more strict than the criteria for hiding, requiring you to be both unseen and unheard. An example would be if you hid and then began moving, taking you through an area where you're seen but not clearly seen. As you're doing your movement, you come out of darkness and through a patch of fog where your opponent can see you but not clearly, and then at the end of your movement you're back in darkness again. While in darkness, you're both hidden and able to use the Unseen Attackers and Targets rule, but during your movement through the patch of fog, although you remain hidden, you could not attack at advantage using that rule as you are seen just not clearly. As another example, if your character is invisible but walks through a patch of flour on the floor, during the movement through the flour your character might not be hidden since their signs of passage are giving away their location. However they are still an Unseen Attacker and still an Unseen Target for purposes of that rule. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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