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. Monsters who can see a player despite hide or invisibility will display an icon over their head to let the player know they have been seen.

Note that when sneaking your Move Silently skill is of great importance, too. For a fuller explanation of creeping around see the Sneak page.

An invisible character has an effective Hide check of 20.


 * Class Skill for Bard, Monk, Ranger, Rogue