The first bullet point for this feat states, "You can try to hide when you are lightly obscured from the creature from which you are hiding. " Does it function in the same way as the wood elf's Mask of the Wild feature? The Sage Advice Compendium says the latter trait "cloaks a wood elf from prying eyes - even eyes staring right at the elf!" It would make sense for the Skulker feat to operate in a similar fashion. After all, anyone can hide when there's nobody else around, but someone with the Skulker feat can make the most of available cover or dim lighting.
Yes, essentially. Whether you are obscured, and how obscured you are, tends to be up to the DM. The DM also decides when it is reasonable for you to try to hide. But the purpose of the feat is that you can hide even if someone can see you, so long as there is some kind of camouflage or obfuscation.
The first bullet point for this feat states, "You can try to hide when you are lightly obscured from the creature from which you are hiding. " Does it function in the same way as the wood elf's Mask of the Wild feature? The Sage Advice Compendium says the latter trait "cloaks a wood elf from prying eyes - even eyes staring right at the elf!" It would make sense for the Skulker feat to operate in a similar fashion. After all, anyone can hide when there's nobody else around, but someone with the Skulker feat can make the most of available cover or dim lighting.
Yes, essentially. Whether you are obscured, and how obscured you are, tends to be up to the DM. The DM also decides when it is reasonable for you to try to hide. But the purpose of the feat is that you can hide even if someone can see you, so long as there is some kind of camouflage or obfuscation.
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.
Pretty sure Mask of the Wild requires something more than dim lighting. Dim lighting is really obscurement.
Great! Thanks for the feedback, that's very helpful.