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<blockquote data-quote="Eldritch_Lord" data-source="post: 5534238" data-attributes="member: 52073"><p>Serious question for the "no cover = no Hide, even with HiPS" folks.</p><p></p><p>Assume a long corridor of some sort (oriented north-south) with a doorway at the north end. There is a guard in the doorway, facing north (away from the corridor) and not looking behind him at all because he's not expecting to need to worry about anyone already in the corridor. Now, in the real world, it's possible to sneak up on that guard through the corridor if you move quietly and slowly enough, despite the fact that there is no cover and you're completely out in the open, because in real life because guard doesn't have 360-degree vision.</p><p></p><p>However, there's no facing in D&D as D&D assumes constant attentiveness in all directions, and therefore anyone wishing to sneak up on the guard can't even try to hide. How do you handle this sort of case, and if your answer involves any variation on "Well in <em>this</em> case cover isn't required," how do you determine when cover is required and when it isn't?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eldritch_Lord, post: 5534238, member: 52073"] Serious question for the "no cover = no Hide, even with HiPS" folks. Assume a long corridor of some sort (oriented north-south) with a doorway at the north end. There is a guard in the doorway, facing north (away from the corridor) and not looking behind him at all because he's not expecting to need to worry about anyone already in the corridor. Now, in the real world, it's possible to sneak up on that guard through the corridor if you move quietly and slowly enough, despite the fact that there is no cover and you're completely out in the open, because in real life because guard doesn't have 360-degree vision. However, there's no facing in D&D as D&D assumes constant attentiveness in all directions, and therefore anyone wishing to sneak up on the guard can't even try to hide. How do you handle this sort of case, and if your answer involves any variation on "Well in [I]this[/I] case cover isn't required," how do you determine when cover is required and when it isn't? [/QUOTE]
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