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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sejs" data-source="post: 1554502" data-attributes="member: 4910">...not that you are actually granted solid cover to hide behind...The HiPS rule only says that you don't need something to hide behind...The darkvision character would see a hallway, without shadows, minus the person that is hidden from them.  Hidden in plain sight as it were.  And again, just because the person with darkvision can see thru the shadows, does not mean the shadows are not there.   Three restrictions, actually (cover, concealment, observation), but anyway - you're right in that it doesn't grant cover (none is needed), or invisibility.  Invisibility is a defined term; it is the effect of the Invisibility spell.  The Invisibility spell grants you a bonus to your hide check, HiPS does not.  If HiPS said that it makes you invisible, you would get +20 to your hide check if moving, +40 if standing still.An aside:  looking over darkvision, I'm not sure it lets you see thru all shadow.  Looking around the room I'm in now, there are plenty of objects casting shadows that I can see thru just fine.  Darkvision lets you see thru darkness that would otherwise obscure your vision.</blockquote>