Coverīecause you can’t hide from a creature that can see you clearly, an individual attempting to hide from another creature in an area without environmental effects such as thick fog or darkness will almost certainly have to seek cover. In addition to these benefits, while you are hidden from a spellcaster, you severely limit its options for attacking you, as most spells specify that they can only target a creature the spellcaster can see.
When a creature can’t see you, you have advantage on attack rolls against it. When you attack a target that you can’t see, you have disadvantage on the attack roll. So what do you get for being hidden? From page 194 and 195 of the Player’s Handbook: For example, in darkness a creature could hide from a target that doesn’t have darkvision, and a wood elf could attempt to hide in light rain or patchy fog. These tools can help guide you in making a determination about who can hide from whom, and what it would require.
So the rogue wanting to hide in the middle of a wide open room would take some incredible ingenuity.įor new DMs who require guidance on what the acceptable circumstances for hiding might be, the same page directs you to the Vision and Light section on page 183, which details certain classifications of illumination and visual obstruction: lightly obscured, heavily obscured, bright light, dim light, and darkness. The DM has every right to tell you that you can’t hide from a creature if there is no way to obscure its view of you. You can’t hide from a creature that can see you clearly. Until you are discovered or stop hiding, that check’s total is contested by the Wisdom (Perception) check of any creature that actively searches for signs of your presence. When you try to hide, make a Dexterity (Stealth) check.
The DM decides when circumstances are appropriate for hiding.
The mechanics of hiding are described on page 177 of the Player’s Handbook. It isn’t a universal truth you don’t roll to become capital-H Hidden, you roll to small-H hide-specifically, from a particular creature or group of creatures. Hiding is not a condition like charmed or incapacitated. First of all, let’s establish what it’s not.
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