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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 6375627" data-attributes="member: 58197">See, this is where I have a major problem: By this reading, a wood elf in light fog who makes a Stealth check to hide is trying to avoid being seen. So it's Perception that depends on sight, and the fog imposes disadvantage on the opponent's Perception. But when the opponent can't see you at all, it's straight-up Stealth versus Perception. The logical consequence is that if you're worried about being ambushed in wood elf territory, you should blindfold yourself.By my reading of the 5E rules, you must meet two requirements to be stealthy (or "hidden" if you prefer):a) You must be unseen. This is determined partly by the blindness and obscurement rules, and partly by DM fiat.b) You must be unheard, unsmelled, et cetera. This is determined by a Stealth check.If you are a wood elf in an area lightly obscured by natural phenomena, you get to ignore requirement a). You still have to meet requirement b). Since the opponent's Perception check is not dependent on vision, the fog doesn't affect it. Same thing with distraction: At the DM's option, if your opponent is distracted, you may be able to ignore requirement a).</blockquote>