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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 921043" data-attributes="member: 545">First of all, Darkvision has no effect on the Hide skill.  There are no modifiers for Hiding vs. Darkvision.  That is clearcut.  (This is 3e.  No longer do we talk about the Hide in Shadows skill.)Second of all, HiPS is a supernatural ability that allows a person to use Hide where it would not normally be allowed -- in plain view, provided significant shadows are within the area.  It is magical and it is pure speculation whether darkness relative to the viewer matters.  Maybe the shadowdancer becomes partially shadow?  Maybe that makes him invisible to darkvision?  Who knows?  A shadow is a shadow -- by the book, HiPS works if there is a shadow present.By the core rules, Darkvision, Blindsight, and even True Seeing are irrelevant to Hide and HiPS.</blockquote>