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DM Help! My rogue always spams Hide as a bonus action, and i cant target him!
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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6960834" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>Not if the wild elf's player succeeds at a DEX check opposed by observer's Perception numbers. In that case, s/he will be hidden and hence unseen.</p><p></p><p>Being hidden also means that others don't see you. That's the main point of being hidden. (That's not to say that their gaze doesn't pass over you. But they don't notice/register you.)</p><p></p><p>The feature doesn't say anything about being seen or observed. It says "You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by . . . natural phenomena"; and the Sage says</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">The lightfoot halfling and wood elf traits . . . do allow members of those subraces to try to hide in their special circumstances even when observers are nearby. . . . [A] wood elf can try to hide simply by being in heavy rain, mist, falling snow, foliage, or similar natural phenomena. It’s as if nature itself cloaks a wood elf from prying eyes—even eyes staring right at the elf!</p><p></p><p>If the Sage meant to say that the elf can hide while being observed, he chose a very obtuse way to say it! All he actually refers to is "nearby observers" and "eyes staring right at the elf" - this is all consistent with the elf being unseen despite the gaze of others passing over him/her, because of the rain/snow/foliage/etc. And in my view doesn't clearly settle the question of whether the elf can "blink off the radar" just by willing it so even when someone has noticed him/her and is continuing to look at him/her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 6960834, member: 42582"] Not if the wild elf's player succeeds at a DEX check opposed by observer's Perception numbers. In that case, s/he will be hidden and hence unseen. Being hidden also means that others don't see you. That's the main point of being hidden. (That's not to say that their gaze doesn't pass over you. But they don't notice/register you.) The feature doesn't say anything about being seen or observed. It says "You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by . . . natural phenomena"; and the Sage says [indent]The lightfoot halfling and wood elf traits . . . do allow members of those subraces to try to hide in their special circumstances even when observers are nearby. . . . [A] wood elf can try to hide simply by being in heavy rain, mist, falling snow, foliage, or similar natural phenomena. It’s as if nature itself cloaks a wood elf from prying eyes—even eyes staring right at the elf![/indent] If the Sage meant to say that the elf can hide while being observed, he chose a very obtuse way to say it! All he actually refers to is "nearby observers" and "eyes staring right at the elf" - this is all consistent with the elf being unseen despite the gaze of others passing over him/her, because of the rain/snow/foliage/etc. And in my view doesn't clearly settle the question of whether the elf can "blink off the radar" just by willing it so even when someone has noticed him/her and is continuing to look at him/her. [/QUOTE]
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