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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2419592" data-attributes="member: 707">No.Others have mentioned ways to negate hiding.  Personally, I suggest you avoid totally negating a skill that the player has obviously invested a lot of the character's resources into.  Having your most powerful abilities completely circumvented sucks, from a player's perspective.I suggest a potion that gives the BBEG a good, but not unbeatable, Spot check.  As a potion it negates the need for the BBEG to spend all his skill points in Spot, and also circumvents the need for the BBEG to have some kind of super-spot magic item the PCs can get a hold of.  Have the potion give the BBEG just enough Spot so that it's a fair challenge for the PC to succeed, rather than an automatic success.You could also give the BBEG a few minions with the True Seeing ability (or Scent, Tremorsense etc).  Let the BBEG be fooled (thus giving the PC good value for his ability,) but provide enemies that won't be fooled, to keep the PC from feeling too invincible.As always, moderation is key IMO.</blockquote>