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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 6646078" data-attributes="member: 6787503">Mearls doesn't seem at any point here to be talking about hiding/remaining hidden while only lightly obscured or without the benefit of being heavily obscured. The space behind the tree or source of cover cited in all of these questions is presumably a heavily obscured area. He says that the rogue is no longer hidden when he leaves the heavily obscured area. The only variable factor he brings up is whether the target is distracted, which as I've stated up-thread, is the equivalent of being heavily obscured. Another way of looking at this is that the target is making his perception check while looking in the wrong place, resulting in an auto-fail.He says that the rogue only has advantage on his attack if he remains hidden and that the attack, once made, reveals his position, thus the need to hide again. Under the newly revised rules, I would only allow this re-hide attempt if the rogue is obscured from his target's view in some way as he reenters the heavily obscured area.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 6646078, member: 6787503"] Mearls doesn't seem at any point here to be talking about hiding/remaining hidden while only lightly obscured or without the benefit of being heavily obscured. The space behind the tree or source of cover cited in all of these questions is presumably a heavily obscured area. He says that the rogue is no longer hidden when he leaves the heavily obscured area. The only variable factor he brings up is whether the target is distracted, which as I've stated up-thread, is the equivalent of being heavily obscured. Another way of looking at this is that the target is making his perception check while looking in the wrong place, resulting in an auto-fail. He says that the rogue only has advantage on his attack if he remains hidden and that the attack, once made, reveals his position, thus the need to hide again. Under the newly revised rules, I would only allow this re-hide attempt if the rogue is obscured from his target's view in some way as he reenters the heavily obscured area. [/QUOTE]

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