The DM decides when circumstances are appropriate for hiding. When you try to hide, make a Dexterity (Stealth) check. Until you are discovered or stop hiding, that check’s total is contested by the Wisdom (Perception) check of any creature that actively searches for signs of your presence. You can’t hide from a creature that can see you clearly.
You only lose your bladesong if: you are incapacitated, if you don medium or heavy armor or a shield, or if you use two hands to make an attack with a weapon, or you dismiss the Bladesong (no action required)
There is nothing that prevents your bladesinger from using the hide action while bladesinging but it would still be up to your DM to determine if anything can see you clearly. Lore wise, "Leopard-Style" Bladesingers specialize in illusion and stealth-oriented magic while wielding short swords . In the Forgotten Realms the word "bladesong" referred to the whistling sound a bladesingers weapon made as it cut through the air. They are making the blade "sing" - hence the name. They elves themselves don't actually sing. Any that do is a personal choice and isn't part of maintaining their Bladesong.
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At the first round, you can use your main action to hide and your bonus action to activate Bladesong. After this, you can use your main action to do whatever you want (attack, cast a spell, dodge, etc) and use your bonus action to hide (or remain hidden) through Cunning Action ability from Rogue.
There's no reason to believe you can't. Nothing about the ability description indicates you are singing.
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Bladesingers don't need to sing all the time or at all.
Here is a quote from the description of Bladesong from Complete Book of the Elves where it first appeared (since the books in 5e say nothing about the matter):
Bladesong is so named for several reasons. The first and most obvious is because of the whistling of the blade as it slices through the air when this style of fighting is used. The second is for the haunting, wordless tune many of its practitioners sing as they fight
Quick question - if you're multi-class (Rogue/Wizard) can you hide while simultaneously bladesinging?
The usual answer is to ask your DM. I would think being sneaky while singing a power ballad would prove difficult.
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There is nothing that prevents your bladesinger from using the hide action while bladesinging but it would still be up to your DM to determine if anything can see you clearly. Lore wise, "Leopard-Style" Bladesingers specialize in illusion and stealth-oriented magic while wielding short swords . In the Forgotten Realms the word "bladesong" referred to the whistling sound a bladesingers weapon made as it cut through the air. They are making the blade "sing" - hence the name. They elves themselves don't actually sing. Any that do is a personal choice and isn't part of maintaining their Bladesong.
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At the first round, you can use your main action to hide and your bonus action to activate Bladesong. After this, you can use your main action to do whatever you want (attack, cast a spell, dodge, etc) and use your bonus action to hide (or remain hidden) through Cunning Action ability from Rogue.
There's no reason to believe you can't. Nothing about the ability description indicates you are singing.
Any time an unfathomably powerful entity sweeps in and offers godlike rewards in return for just a few teensy favors, it’s a scam. Unless it’s me. I’d never lie to you, reader dearest.
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Bladesingers don't need to sing all the time or at all.
Here is a quote from the description of Bladesong from Complete Book of the Elves where it first appeared (since the books in 5e say nothing about the matter):