airwalkrr
Adventurer
(Sorry to keep posting like this but ideas keep coming to me after I click "submit.")
Put another way, if I am in the middle of climbing 50 feet up a cliff and fail a Climb check, but not enough to make me fall, I am still climbing right? I still suffer penalties for the "climbing" condition. Similarly, if I am hiding, and someone comes along and succeeds on his Spot check, but makes no indication of it (let's say the person does not care) and walks away, that does not automatically mean I am no longer hiding. It simply means that person could see me. It does not change the fact that I am hiding. I am still hiding until I decide to stop hiding or take some action (such as attacking) that precludes hiding. If I do not move a muscle and a second person comes along, must I make a second Hide check? Of course not. I have not moved and I am still hiding in the exact same place. Nor have I received any indiciation from another character that I am no longer hiding.
Put another way, if I am in the middle of climbing 50 feet up a cliff and fail a Climb check, but not enough to make me fall, I am still climbing right? I still suffer penalties for the "climbing" condition. Similarly, if I am hiding, and someone comes along and succeeds on his Spot check, but makes no indication of it (let's say the person does not care) and walks away, that does not automatically mean I am no longer hiding. It simply means that person could see me. It does not change the fact that I am hiding. I am still hiding until I decide to stop hiding or take some action (such as attacking) that precludes hiding. If I do not move a muscle and a second person comes along, must I make a second Hide check? Of course not. I have not moved and I am still hiding in the exact same place. Nor have I received any indiciation from another character that I am no longer hiding.