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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 6589312" data-attributes="member: 413">People make this harder than it needs to be.  Of course you can attempt to rehide after being revealed.   You dont have to be a halfling to do it.  It is up to the DM to look at the specifics of the situation and make a ruling that makes sense.  Bill the halfling is hiding behind Bob the fighter.  There is nowhere else to hide within 100' and one Ogre in front of Bob.  Bill steps out makes a sneak attack on the ogre.  Can he attempt to rehide? I'd say no.  Or at least disadvantage the first time then no after that.  When my players tey stuff like this and I say something like "the ogre is on to you. You're going to have to somehow fool him or move to hide again" they accept it. Now add three more PCs all near Bob.  Can Bill rehide behind Bob? Sure but disadvantage.   Behind another character?  Sure.  No disadvantage.   Next round Bill does his thing again.  Can he rehide behind on random PC? Sure but the ogre is on to him so disadvantage.  At some point I'll say the ogre has it figured out and you have to change it up.  Very rarely is this an issue for more than a round or two anyway. Using the stealth in combat to gain advantage on attacks is nothing at all like hide and seek.  Its about momentarily making your enemy unaware of exactly where you are and what you are doing enough to make it so they can't properly defend themselves. You duck into an alley fullof crates, hide and ready a crossbow attack on your pursuer.  If you beat his perception check do you get advantage?  Absolutely.   Now make it an empty alley.  No.  What about if there is only one crate? Maybe.  I could accept disadvantage here but only once.</blockquote>

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