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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 6955872" data-attributes="member: 413">And this actually gets to the meat of why I'm a &quot;yes, but...&quot; DM when it comes to this sort of thing.&nbsp; I want my players to use their kewl abilities.&nbsp; I also want my monsters to use theirs.&nbsp; So I tend to give the character taking the action the benefit of the doubt. If a goblin can run into the bushes out of sight and hide and that makes the fight more interesting then I prefer it.&nbsp; If my players complain that &quot;I was watching the goblin and he hid?&quot;&nbsp; I say...yep...they're that d**m sneaky!We have a shadow monk in our party that could climb into the box, take the hide action and then use her bonus action to shadow step out of the box to someplace she can see from the box (maybe the ceiling is dimly lit and the wizard cast Spider Climb on her).&nbsp; Someone watching her would think she is still in the box.&nbsp; And that's freakin' awesome!&nbsp; If her player chooses to just stay in the box and the observer has no reason to think she left it, then it will be a problem for her.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 6955872, member: 413"] And this actually gets to the meat of why I'm a "yes, but..." DM when it comes to this sort of thing. I want my players to use their kewl abilities. I also want my monsters to use theirs. So I tend to give the character taking the action the benefit of the doubt. If a goblin can run into the bushes out of sight and hide and that makes the fight more interesting then I prefer it. If my players complain that "I was watching the goblin and he hid?" I say...yep...they're that d**m sneaky! We have a shadow monk in our party that could climb into the box, take the hide action and then use her bonus action to shadow step out of the box to someplace she can see from the box (maybe the ceiling is dimly lit and the wizard cast Spider Climb on her). Someone watching her would think she is still in the box. And that's freakin' awesome! If her player chooses to just stay in the box and the observer has no reason to think she left it, then it will be a problem for her. [/QUOTE]

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