D&D 5E 20th level Sorcerer vs the world

[Zio_the_dark]

You do not know the location of the attacker, the spell is imperceptible and you only know that you took damage.
Simple. Roll initiative is useless here.

So you know you take damage but you do not get to act right?

 

[Hohige]

So you know you take damage but you do not get to act right?

You just don't know whats happening.
Its simple.

 

[Zio_the_dark]

You just don't whats happening.
Its simple.

You don't know what's happening. Well we progress here.
So you can roll initiative and act you know? Even if you don't know what's happening...That's all the thrill of D&D

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

My DM decided that he had severe headaches and started to feel bad and died.

The others became suspicious

Yeah, people are often suspicious when their colleagues drop dead for no reason. I totally expect my colleague to search the office for 24 seconds then resume typing reports on his computer should I die after complaining about a crippling headache a few seconds earlier.

My DM essentially forbids any attempt at Metagame. If your player knows, it doesn't mean that your character knows. That simple.
You lose XP certainly.

I don't think 5e has provisions for losing XP. Are you sure you're playing the same game as the rest of this board?

 

[Hohige]

You don't know what's happenig. Well we progress here.
So you can roll initiative and act you know? Even if you don't know what's happening...That's all the thrill of D&D

Damage?? Damage is perceptible
Sure, initiative is rolled.

The DM didn't call initiative.

 

[Hohige]

Yeah, people are often suspicious when their colleagues drop dead for no reason. I totally expect my colleague to search the office for 24 seconds then resume typing reports on his computer should I die after complaining about a crippling headache a few seconds earlier.



I don't think 5e has provisions for losing XP. Are you sure you're playing the same game as the rest of this board?

Prepared spell list?

 

[Zio_the_dark]

Damage?? Damage is perceptible
Sure, initiative is rolled.

You're a funny guy, now initiative can be rolled everyone sees this ^^

 

[Hohige]

You're a funny guy, now initiative can be rolled everyone sees this ^^

Thanks.
It isnt metagame, because Its perceptible.
But, still you dont know whats happening.

 

[Zio_the_dark]

Thanks.
It isnt metagame, because Its perceptible.
But, still you dont know whats happening.

But still everyone rolls initiative, well we are progressing here

 

[fearsomepirate]

You do not know the location of the attacker, the spell is imperceptible and you only know that you took damage.
Simple. Roll initiative is useless here.

You know somebody cast a spell on you, because you tried to mentally resist it (i.e. made a saving throw) and took damage. You also know that whoever is attacking you is unseen, i.e., probably outside your 60' darkvision. Very first thing you do is put up Dancing Lights, which you can move 60' as a bonus action. So you can sweep out 80'x60' zones of darkness every round. And there are four of you.

What I do as a DM to avoid metagaming myself is roll to see which direction the monsters sweep out first. Assuming they're not in an infinite plane, it shouldn't take long. And, of course, the first time you cast a spell without Subtle Spell, you're dead.