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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 6960403" data-attributes="member: 6787503">I'm still a little unclear on the situation. Was the templar NPC merely invisible, or was s/he making some effort to hide? Also, were there any other PCs present, or just the one that was the target of the psionic attack? I don't know about 4e, but 5e makes it clear (as I'm sure you know) that an invisible creature's location is known until it begins trying to hide, so I would tell the players exactly where the creature is until it begins hiding, after which each individual's knowledge of the creature's location depends on the outcome of the Dex/Wis contest.It can be awkward handling a situation in which an invisible creature is hidden from some PCs but not others. Everyone already has disadvantage to hit the creature anyway by benefit of its invisibility, and it isn't really guessing if the other players are telling you where to target your attack, so hiding doesn't have much, if any, benefit to the invisible creature unless it wins (ties really) the contest against all potential observers. I still allow it to hide, however, and tell any players that lose the contest that they've completely lost track of its location.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 6960403, member: 6787503"] I'm still a little unclear on the situation. Was the templar NPC merely invisible, or was s/he making some effort to hide? Also, were there any other PCs present, or just the one that was the target of the psionic attack? I don't know about 4e, but 5e makes it clear (as I'm sure you know) that an invisible creature's location is known until it begins trying to hide, so I would tell the players exactly where the creature is until it begins hiding, after which each individual's knowledge of the creature's location depends on the outcome of the Dex/Wis contest. It can be awkward handling a situation in which an invisible creature is hidden from some PCs but not others. Everyone already has disadvantage to hit the creature anyway by benefit of its invisibility, and it isn't really guessing if the other players are telling you where to target your attack, so hiding doesn't have much, if any, benefit to the invisible creature unless it wins (ties really) the contest against all potential observers. I still allow it to hide, however, and tell any players that lose the contest that they've completely lost track of its location. [/QUOTE]

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