I bought "Eschalon Book I" about 6 weeks ago and am enojoying it. Thanks to Basilisk Games for this well done RPG.

Currently I am playing the game for the fifth time and with each character I stumbled upon the same inconsistencies with the cloak (Hide in Shadows +3):
But at first let me write a few words about the skill itself: As soon as a character has at least one skill point in Hide in Shadows he is able to sneak in the darkness along the border of the woods at night or along the walls in the dungeons. The writing "Hidden in Shadows" is visible underneath the mini map.
According to my understanding of the game mechanism, a character should be able to hide in the darkness if he has not a single skill point, but is wearing the cloak (Hide in Shadows +3). But I noticed that this doesn't work. The character won't be able to hide at all.
The more skill points one spends in the skill Hide in Shadows the longer the character will be able to hide during a combat. One skill point means that the adventurer will be seen by the enemies as soon as he hits one of them.
When I spend one skill point in Hide in Shadows and the adventurer is additionally wearing the cloak, he should be able to make more hits before he will get spotted. But my character will be seen as soon as he hits once.
All in all I get the feeling that wearing the cloak (Hide in Shadows +3) doesn't have an effect.
I think that it might be a bug, but I might be wrong though. Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
