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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 6946310" data-attributes="member: 6788736">I'd probably make you wait a round (so you started your turn in the darkness) in most circumstances yeah. Standing in a 100' diameter area of total darkness is approaching the level of imprecision of location conferred by invisibility (which effectively places you in an infinite radius of 'heavy obscurement'). Remember, action is simultaneous despite the stop start nature of a cyclical turn based round structure. The Rogue I'm fighting hasn't suddenly broken off combat, turned and moved 30' into the shadows while I sit there and watch, then on my turn I follow him up with a similar move; the reality is that he turns and I immediately pursue, breathing down his neck and swinging my sword at him the whole time.It'd be similar if a Rogue ran out of the room and around a bend in a corridor. After a round, if no-one followed him up, I'd allow him to attempt to Hide the following round.I might also allow a Rogue to hide in the exact same spot from time to time, even after making an attack. In a particularly chaotic battle, its perfectly fine for a Rogue to pop out of hiding, fire his crossbow at an Ogre standing 60' away and engaged in a swirling melee with half a dozen warriors and duck back down and attempt to Hide again despite the general rule that once you attack you reveal yourself.Its not a question of absolutes. Its a common sense ruling of 'does the creature you are trying to hide from know your position with sufficient precision'. Its ultimately a DM call, just using a bit of common sense and applying it to the situation.</blockquote>

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