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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 6962610" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Well, there are no hard and fast rules for hiding, it's largely up to the DM how they want to use it.  It's a surprisingly controversial topic so don't be surprised if you get a few hundred responses.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The way I run it, in order to have/maintain stealth you have to be hiding from someone that either cannot directly see you or is simply not paying attention.  Yes, as long as the person they're hiding from cannot see them or is distracted.I don't use facing per se, but if someone is looking in the general direction of the rogue they're going to be seen.  If the rogue tries to pop out of the same cover multiple times, it's probably not going to work.  If the rogue can move around, get different cover, pop out from different locations then they can get sneak attacks in.  It's not always going to be possible, but in the right situation let the rogue have their fun.Sure, if the people are not paying much attention, or paying attention to something else.Not facing exactly, but if they bad guy has a barbarian trying to split their head with an axe, they may not be paying attention to what's behind them.</blockquote>