Ranger:
>I try to hide behind the pile of crates. Stealth 19.

DM:
>You successfully conceal yourself from the gnoll. However, a second flanking one alerted the others to your position

>What? How did it see me?

>It was flanking, you didn't leave it's line of sight

>No, like, how did it see me?

>...What?

>I passed my stealth check. 2025 rules says that you turn invisible if you are hidden

>You don't literally turn invisible, that's just a rule consolidation

>I do too "literally turn invisible". A successful hide gives me the invisible condition

>Even if that were true, you didn't hide from every enemy. Plus turning invisible doesn't conceal your location

>That's why I took the hide action! It doesn't say I have to hide from every single living thing, I just have to succeed my stealth roll! Or are you saying successfully hiding doesn't hide me?

>The invisible condition says that you are only invisible unless they can somehow see you. The gnoll "somehow" sees you with his eyes. Even if you successfully hid, the second gnoll instantly removes the hiding condition by-

>IT SOMEHOW SEES ME WITH IT'S EYES?? You know full well that is just to account for blindsight-

Bros, I just want to roleplay as a dwarf wizard. I don't care about any of this shit. Why the fuck do I have to deal with this every goddamn game? Why can't I find any local players that just act normal?