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Message: <blockquote data-quote="3d6" data-source="post: 3437965" data-attributes="member: 12715">I think you roll a Hide check with every action you take. There isn't any other way to apply the check modifiers that I can think of.Again, I think its every action you take."If people are observing you, even casually, you can’t hide", so it looks like you can't, even if it does make sense.Well, normally if you have cover, people can still see you (and you can see them). To be unseen using only cover, you either need total cover or the Hide skill.The skill says that "you need cover or concealment in order to attempt a Hide check", but it doesn't say that you need cover or concealment to remain hidden. You can't hide behind people, however, as <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/combatModifiers.htm#cover" target="_blank">soft cover</a> doesn't allow you to hide. In any event, I think he should have been able to do it. With a +55 Hide check, he's harder to see than someone who is invisible. People would notice their things being stolen, however (even if not immediately).Again, as far as the skill description is concerned, you only need cover or concealment to make a Hide check, not to hide, so it looks like he doesn't automatically see you. I think he would get a new Spot check when you take your next action.Again, the rule doesn't say that you need cover or concealment to stay hidden, but because I think you need to make a new check with every action you take, I think this is written so that you can move from cover to cover without being seen. That is, if you were hiding behind a barrel, you could run across the empty floor to another barrel, and not be automatically seen.I don't think you'd be considered "<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/conditionSummary.htm#invisible" target="_blank">invisible</a>", as the definition of  the term in D&D is "visually undetectable". A hiding character can be seen with a Spot check, so they're not visually undetectable.I think the modifiers at the beginning of the skill description contradict the sniping rules, so I'm not sure on the second question. He either gets a Spot check when you make your Hide check as part of your (melee or ranged) attack, or he gets a Spot check when you take a move action to Hide after your (ranged) attack.</blockquote>

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