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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LuYangShih" data-source="post: 722143" data-attributes="member: 10414">I don't care what it says in a non core rulebook.I'm suggesting a person with Hide would not simply Hide In Shadows all of the time to avoid being detected.  You are assuming the same method of concealment each time.  In a fantasy world like D&D, people with a high Hide skill would know of the other methods of detection available to enemies, and take steps to prevent detection in other ways.I think a person with a high Hide skill could use that skill to, in an empty room, put themselves up against a wall or floor, and shift their body so that it was as close as possible, thus giving the indication that he was just another part of the wall.  I'd say he still might be spotted, (after all, how hard is it to hide the regular way in an empty room with people looking for you), but that's an issue that should be resolved with opposing Hide and Spot rolls, as always.I disagree.  Skills are much more than weaker forms of magic, and in fact are stronger in more ways than being able to operate in an anti-magic zone.  Having high ranks in a skill indicates a great amount of skill, practice and knowledge in the area that skill represents, and such knowledge would include, IMO, how to avoid detection by other means than sight.</blockquote>