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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8374089" data-attributes="member: 6775477"><p>The determination of the outcome of a player's action is completely dependent on the DM. If the DM decides that something is impossible or impossible to fail, they can determine it that way. It's only when the DM decides the outcome is in question that dice are involved.</p><p></p><p>Hiding in combat is obviously a thing, but Hiding was written to allow a lot of DM leeway (which turned out to be a poor decision according to many). In your example, the rogue could have tried to tip over the table to hide behind it, or hide behind another PC if they're a lightfoot halfling. Here's where DM interpretation can then come into effect.</p><p></p><p>If the player is attempting to Hide then Attack, the DM can rule that you gain no benefit attacking from the same space you started hiding in, as they know where you are (I grant advantage to the target's Passive Perception instead). If the player is attempting to hide in order to attack in the next round, the DM can have the creature move to have line of sight on the enemy, since they know they're hiding in a confined space (behind the table or PC) which automatically ends hiding. A real jerk DM can say that by RAW, once you move to make a ranged attack you immediately become seen and thus gain no benefit from it (this was a major argument on the WotC forums when 5E first came out, and it was incredibly stupid).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 8374089, member: 6775477"] The determination of the outcome of a player's action is completely dependent on the DM. If the DM decides that something is impossible or impossible to fail, they can determine it that way. It's only when the DM decides the outcome is in question that dice are involved. Hiding in combat is obviously a thing, but Hiding was written to allow a lot of DM leeway (which turned out to be a poor decision according to many). In your example, the rogue could have tried to tip over the table to hide behind it, or hide behind another PC if they're a lightfoot halfling. Here's where DM interpretation can then come into effect. If the player is attempting to Hide then Attack, the DM can rule that you gain no benefit attacking from the same space you started hiding in, as they know where you are (I grant advantage to the target's Passive Perception instead). If the player is attempting to hide in order to attack in the next round, the DM can have the creature move to have line of sight on the enemy, since they know they're hiding in a confined space (behind the table or PC) which automatically ends hiding. A real jerk DM can say that by RAW, once you move to make a ranged attack you immediately become seen and thus gain no benefit from it (this was a major argument on the WotC forums when 5E first came out, and it was incredibly stupid). [/QUOTE]
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