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<blockquote data-quote="Thikket" data-source="post: 1523312" data-attributes="member: 13333">Hiya, everyone! A friend of mine believes that the Shadowdancer's ability Hide in Plain Sight mitigates the -20 Hide check penalty one incurs when one fires a ranged weapon from hiding.I'd like someone clever (IE, any EN-World member, heh) to give a logical interpretation of this scenario. I expect heavily that this ability does not at all remove the penalty, but I will present his argument and the relevant texts nonetheless.Though, the whole situation is long and kinda boring, so you might wanna stop reading now and check out better posts by better posters.From the SRD:The argument that the latter removes the former penalty (not paraphrased):My objection:Besides the fact that removing the penalty is terribly unbalaced (in my opinon, heh, but I'm obviously biased), can anyone come up with some neato ideas that prove one argument or the other as correct? Or perhaps a new interpretation all together that clearly shows the truth?Thanks for helping solve this crazy little problem!The still-lurking Thikket</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thikket, post: 1523312, member: 13333"] Hiya, everyone! A friend of mine believes that the Shadowdancer's ability Hide in Plain Sight mitigates the -20 Hide check penalty one incurs when one fires a ranged weapon from hiding. I'd like someone clever (IE, any EN-World member, heh) to give a logical interpretation of this scenario. I expect heavily that this ability does not at all remove the penalty, but I will present his argument and the relevant texts nonetheless. Though, the whole situation is long and kinda boring, so you might wanna stop reading now and check out better posts by better posters. From the SRD: The argument that the latter removes the former penalty (not paraphrased): My objection: Besides the fact that removing the penalty is terribly unbalaced (in my opinon, heh, but I'm obviously biased), can anyone come up with some neato ideas that prove one argument or the other as correct? Or perhaps a new interpretation all together that clearly shows the truth? Thanks for helping solve this crazy little problem! The still-lurking Thikket [/QUOTE]

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