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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8098080" data-attributes="member: 72555">Um, someone sitting in the middle of a field invisible and not moving is describing someone who took the hide action.If a monster, that is just assumed.  If a PC, the player describes what the PC is doing, and the DM says "that is the hide action" and tells the player to roll stealth.(The player describes what the character is doing, the DM provides the mechanics)The case where you are invisible and not hidden basically requires you to be frantically doing something besides trying to be not spotted every 5 seconds from the moment you where invisible and the enemy knew where you are, to the current time (moving, attacking, sprinting at top speed, casting a spell, messing with your gear, drinking a potion, whatever).</blockquote>