Hide

Hide (Dex;Armor Check Penalty)
The Hide skill is used once the Sneak feat is activated. The symbol of an eye appears besides your character to reflect your efforts. One eye means that you are hidden very well while with three or four eyes means that you're visible for almost everyone to see. Moving near walls and dark areas improves your Hide check.

A hidden character can be detected with a successful Spot check, depending on lighting conditions, distance from an enemy and whether the character is standing within the enemy's line of sight, or visual arc.

Note that when sneaking your Move Silently skill is of great importance, too.

An invisible character has an effective Hide check of 20.


 * Class Skill for Bard, Monk, Ranger, Rogue