Use the hide skill to sink back into the shadows and proceed unseen, to approach a wizard's tower under cover of brush, or to tail someone through a busy street without being noticed.
Modifying ability: Dexterity
Classes: Bard, Monk, Ranger, Rogue; Arcane Archer, Arcane Trickster, Assassin, Blackguard, Harper Agent, Invisible Blade, Pale Master, Shadow Dancer
Requires training: No
Check: Your hide check is opposed by the spot check of anyone who might see you. You activate the use of your hide (and move silently) skill by going into stealth mode. You move at half speed while in stealth mode.
Use: Selected (stealth mode)
Hide in PnP
- "You need cover or concealment in order to attempt a Hide check. Total cover or total concealment usually (but not always; see Special, below) obviates the need for a Hide check, since nothing can see you anyway. If people are observing you, even casually, you can’t hide. You can run around a corner or behind cover so that you’re out of sight and then hide, but the others then know at least where you went." (Source: https://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/hide.htm)
- The cover and concealment mechanics are not enforced in NWN2.
- See Hide in Plain Sight for more information.