Timeline for Can Blindsight "See" Through Walls, Floors, And Ceilings?
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| Jul 30, 2022 at 17:39 | comment | added | Fie | Looking at the rules again, I'm realising that it seems a creature with blindsight appears to be able to perceive creatures in the Border Ethereal, which are invisible (and silent) to those on the bordering plane. Bear in mind that this is the same system which has that someone in dim light has disadvantage on sight-based Perception checks, but gives no penalty for someone looking into dim light; we're here to describe the system as it is, not as we think it ought to be :) | |
| Jul 30, 2022 at 17:39 | comment | added | Fie | While I appreciate your reasoning here, I think it should be noted that while darkvision and truesight are specific modifiers of 'regular' sight ("a creature with darkvision can see in darkness as if..." and "A creature with truesight can see...into the Border Ethereal"), blindsight is given as an entirely separate sense ("A creature with blindsight can perceive its surroundings without relying on sight"). The rules for line of sight then don't appear to apply to this special sense. | |
| Jul 30, 2022 at 15:31 | comment | added | Journer | @Fie I do concede however that the rules for sensory detection (and hindrance) aren't the best, so it could be DM fiat that the sense is more capable until explicitly limited, but that then makes it possible for the special senses to be far more capable than is balanced. For example, Blindsight and the Ethereal Plane: sense into it or not? This should be No because of Truesight, but Blindsight says nothing either way. | |
| Jul 30, 2022 at 15:21 | comment | added | Journer | @Fie In general, creature senses are limited (via darkness, invisibility, obstructions, etc). Specific circumstances bypass these limits (glass for sight, Darkvision for darkness), which means the limit is in place until a specific rule applies. Blindsight has no such specific rule for solid objects. The closest to such a rule is Tremorsense and vibrations, which still requires contact. | |
| Jul 29, 2022 at 20:21 | comment | added | Fie | "Since Blindsight does not state that it allows detection through solid objects...we can be reasonably sure that Blindsight does not allow detection ('see') through solid objects such as walls, floors, and ceilings." Shouldn't this be the other way around? Since blindsight does not state that it does not allow detection through objects (or obstacles of any kind), it does?" | |
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| Oct 28, 2019 at 23:16 | history | answered | Journer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |