The wood elf’s Mask of the Wild trait says: You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural phenomena.
Can you move with Mask of the wild?
In either case it doesn’t use your turn, it just uses either an Action or Bonus if you have Cunning Action, so you could still move or even make an attack in the same turn depending on what kind of action it’s gonna take. Mask of the Wild is not an action, it is permission to use the “hide action” a specific way.
Does dim light cause disadvantage?
Dim light = disadvantage on perception, but no effect on attack rolls or on combat generally other than perception checks. Total darkness = can’t see opponent, therefore disadvantage on attack rolls and won’t be able to target opponents with certain spells that require you to see the target.
How does the wood elf’s Mask of the wild trait work?
The Mask of the Wild racial trait is briefly addressed in the Sage Advice Compendium: Do the lightfoot halfling and wood elf hiding racial traits allow them to hide while observed?
Can a wood elf hide in plain sight?
Normally, you can’t hide from someone if you’re in full view. A lightfoot halfling, though, can try to vanish behind a creature that is at least one size larger, and a wood elf can try to hide simply by being in heavy rain, mist, falling snow, foliage, or similar natural phenomena.
Can a lightfoot halfling hide in the wild?
The lightfoot halfling and wood elf traits—Naturally Stealthy and Mask of the Wild—do allow members of those subraces to try to hide in their special circumstances even when observers are nearby. Normally, you can’t hide from someone if you’re in full view.
How does an elf hide in the fog?
Using fog as an example: Does the elf simply hide better in (lightly obscuring) fog, or does he more seem to melt into the fog through the magic of his fey ancestry? The details of how it looks in-game are not specified, so it’s up to you.
