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<blockquote data-quote="ezo" data-source="post: 9593524" data-attributes="member: 7037866">Sure, but I'm talking about a player Hiding, so this is irrelevant as it is the creatures who are opposing it.But to turn the example around, if a creature is hiding against a PC and moves out to attack, using the PC's passive Perception makes sense so as not to &quot;tip&quot; off the player to the situation until the attack is resolved (assuming the Hide beats the passive of course).Yet, that goes to another point. A PC has a passive score and is close to an ambushing creature. Most DMs tell the player about something &quot;up ahead&quot; waiting in ambush because the passive score beat the hide total.And on their turn, if they use the action to Search, I would.Well, you aren't hiding unless you make the DC 15 check. So, if you are behind total cover or whatever, and a potential hostile creature approaches and you roll then, does a failed roll mean you don't Hide and the creature knows about you? Or what?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ezo, post: 9593524, member: 7037866"] Sure, but I'm talking about a player Hiding, so this is irrelevant as it is the creatures who are opposing it. But to turn the example around, if a creature is hiding against a PC and moves out to attack, using the PC's passive Perception makes sense so as not to "tip" off the player to the situation until the attack is resolved (assuming the Hide beats the passive of course). Yet, that goes to another point. A PC has a passive score and is close to an ambushing creature. Most DMs tell the player about something "up ahead" waiting in ambush because the [I]passive score[/I] beat the hide total. And on their turn, if they use the action to Search, I would. Well, you aren't hiding unless you make the DC 15 check. So, if you are behind total cover or whatever, and a potential hostile creature approaches and you roll then, does a failed roll mean you don't Hide and the creature knows about you? Or what? [/QUOTE]

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