Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Xetheral" data-source="post: 6988015" data-attributes="member: 6802765">If no one else is immediately present, isn't everyone's vision by definition blocked by walls, or objects, or distance, or even the curvature of the world (if applicable)?Let's say a human is alone in an empty room. He wants to take the hide action so that any future passers-by in the hallways outside the empty room will not hear him. Are you saying you would not let the human hide because he's &quot;in full view&quot; within the empty room? Or perhaps you're saying you'd require him to be adjacent to the wall with the corridor in order to try to hide? Neither makes any sense to me. Why can't he remain quiet (i.e. hide), and/or why should it matter where in the empty room he is?Instead, it makes more sense that &quot;in full view&quot; is defined in relation to specific observers. If others were in the empty room, the human wouldn't be able to hide from them, because he'd be &quot;in full view&quot; of them. However, because he's alone in the room, he's not &quot;in full view&quot; of anyone, and thus can try to hide. If anyone enters the room it won't do him any good, but it will make him harder to notice (by hearing) until someone does.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Xetheral, post: 6988015, member: 6802765"] If no one else is immediately present, isn't [B]everyone's[/B] vision by definition blocked by walls, or objects, or distance, or even the curvature of the world (if applicable)? Let's say a human is alone in an empty room. He wants to take the hide action so that any future passers-by in the hallways outside the empty room will not hear him. Are you saying you would not let the human hide because he's "in full view" within the empty room? Or perhaps you're saying you'd require him to be adjacent to the wall with the corridor in order to try to hide? Neither makes any sense to me. Why can't he remain quiet (i.e. hide), and/or why should it matter where in the empty room he is? Instead, it makes more sense that "in full view" is defined in relation to specific observers. If others were in the empty room, the human wouldn't be able to hide from them, because he'd be "in full view" of them. However, because he's alone in the room, he's not "in full view" of anyone, and thus can try to hide. If anyone enters the room it won't do him any good, but it will make him harder to notice (by hearing) until someone does. [/QUOTE]

Verification