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<blockquote data-quote="Plaguescarred" data-source="post: 6968366" data-attributes="member: 6701422">Yes it can since an elf and a Skulker feat user can try to hide while lightly obscured, which can still be seen since it doesn't block vision! An Halfling too is still visible while behind an ally when it try to hide!That is why Sage Advice says &quot;Both subraces are capable of hiding in situations unavailable to most other creatures&quot; ...Because if it needed to not be seen in order to try to hide, like everyone else can already, then it wouldn't be a situation unavailable to most other creatures!It's up to DM to make up the fiction for things happening in the world, these are just mechanics, and Stealth is a Dexterity check.While D&amp;D 4E had clear rules on the level of concealment needed to remain hidden, 5E doesn't. But it should be obvious that the obscurement needed to try to hide should be enought to also remain hidden.&nbsp; So if you can try to hide while lightly obscured, you should be able to remain hidden while lightly obscured as well.4E Stealth: If you no longer have any cover or concealment against an enemy, you don’t remain hidden from that enemy. You don’t need superior cover, total concealment, or to stay outside line of sight, but you do need some degree of cover or concealment to remain hidden. You can’t use another creature as cover to remain hidden.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Plaguescarred, post: 6968366, member: 6701422"] Yes it can since an elf and a Skulker feat user can try to hide while lightly obscured, which can still be seen since it doesn't block vision! An Halfling too is still visible while behind an ally when it try to hide! That is why Sage Advice says [I]"Both subraces are capable of hiding in situations unavailable to most other creatures"[/I] ...Because if it needed to not be seen in order to try to hide, like everyone else can already, then it wouldn't be a situation unavailable to most other creatures! It's up to DM to make up the fiction for things happening in the world, these are just mechanics, and Stealth is a Dexterity check. While D&D 4E had clear rules on the level of concealment needed to remain hidden, 5E doesn't. But it should be obvious that the obscurement needed to try to hide should be enought to also remain hidden. So if you can try to hide while lightly obscured, you should be able to remain hidden while lightly obscured as well. [I][B]4E Stealth: [/B]If you no longer have any cover or concealment against an enemy, you don’t remain hidden from that enemy. You don’t need superior cover, total concealment, or to stay outside line of sight, but you do need some degree of cover or concealment to remain hidden. You can’t use another creature as cover to remain hidden.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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