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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7843498" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>Regarding an attack by a hidden, invisible enemy that the creature is unaware of; since you lose the hidden status when you attack, the creature will no longer be unaware of the enemy. Hence, the creature managed to sense that the attack was incoming and dodged at the last moment. They're aware of the damage both in the sense that they have an awareness that they are lucky to be alive, as well as possibly being winded by the sudden evasive maneuver, or even scraped up by their evasive maneuvers. That will all depend on the creature's remaining HP total.</p><p></p><p>You previously replied to me that my old DM's description of meat point damage as leaving the arm hanging by sinew (despite the character having > 50% HP left) was a bad description. Your "sad skeleton" example is also a bad description in a similar sense. Just because you choose to apply a nonsensical narrative to describe the scenario doesn't mean that sensible descriptions don't exist. It's fairly easy to imagine that the attack, rather than scoring a telling blow, glances off a rib and slides between the bones without doing any damage to the skeleton's physical integrity. If the skeleton is sentient, it is probably aware that it just got very lucky. If not, I don't think it matters whether it is aware of the HP loss since it probably has no survival instinct.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 7843498, member: 53980"] Regarding an attack by a hidden, invisible enemy that the creature is unaware of; since you lose the hidden status when you attack, the creature will no longer be unaware of the enemy. Hence, the creature managed to sense that the attack was incoming and dodged at the last moment. They're aware of the damage both in the sense that they have an awareness that they are lucky to be alive, as well as possibly being winded by the sudden evasive maneuver, or even scraped up by their evasive maneuvers. That will all depend on the creature's remaining HP total. You previously replied to me that my old DM's description of meat point damage as leaving the arm hanging by sinew (despite the character having > 50% HP left) was a bad description. Your "sad skeleton" example is also a bad description in a similar sense. Just because you choose to apply a nonsensical narrative to describe the scenario doesn't mean that sensible descriptions don't exist. It's fairly easy to imagine that the attack, rather than scoring a telling blow, glances off a rib and slides between the bones without doing any damage to the skeleton's physical integrity. If the skeleton is sentient, it is probably aware that it just got very lucky. If not, I don't think it matters whether it is aware of the HP loss since it probably has no survival instinct. [/QUOTE]
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