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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ForbidenMaster" data-source="post: 4985765" data-attributes="member: 63213">Yes.First: your opponent being blinded (the condition) does not automatically make you hidden (the status) or invisible (the status).  You must still roll a stealth check vs your opponents passive perception to become hidden and invisible.  You must do this at the end of a move action.  If during the move action you use to become hidden you moved more than 2 squares you take a -5 to the check.  If you ran then the penalty is -10.  If for some reason (such as you attacked) you become unhidden you must make another stealth check.  If you are hidden and move more than 2 squares you must make another stealth check with a-5 penalty to the attack, -10 if you ran.Simply: even when facing blind opponents you arent always hidden and must keep rolling stealth checks if you want to attack and then hide from your foes.Second: You only need to roll a perception check to find a hidden enemy.  If an enemy is not hidden from you then you know exactly which square it is in even if you cannot see it.  So lets say that the flameskull moved and then attacked, making it not hidden at the end of its turn, everyone knows where it is until the flameskull can take another move to hide.  You still take a -5 to melee and ranged attacks for total concealment, but at least you know which square to attack.Now lets say that the flameskull is hidden.  As you pointed out, one can make a perception check as a minor action to try and find where the flameskull is instead of having to guess which square to attack.  The key here is that the DC for the perception check is whatever the flameskull got for its stealth check when it became hidden.  So if the flameskull got a 25 when it moved and became hidden, 25 is the DC for the perception check until the flameskull takes another move action to become/stay hidden.You should only be rolling stealth checks when the flamescull moves (aprox. once a round) with a DC equal to the passive perception checks of the party members, and you should only be rolling perception check when the PCs decide to use a minor action to try and find the flameskull when it is hidden with a DC equal to the stealth check the flameskull used to become hidden in the first place.  So at max you are looking at one extra die roll per turn with set DCs.  It is not something that you should just handwave to passive as it simply does not work and is not that big of a hassle.EDIT: fixed spelling/grammar</blockquote>

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