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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 9260878" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>By the way, I gave the larvae blindsight 10 ft. because, if memory serves me right, a nymph can sense the vibrations of prey in the water close to it.</p><p></p><p>For comparison, the <strong><a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/animal-crab" target="_blank">Crab</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/animal-crab-giant" target="_blank">Giant Crab</a></strong> both have blindsight 30 ft. while the <strong><a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/animal-wolf-spider-giant" target="_blank">Giant Wolf Spider</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/animal-spider-giant" target="_blank">Giant Spider</a></strong> all have blindsight 10 ft.</p><p></p><p>I'm wondering about increasing the range as the larvae get bigger, maybe from 10 ft. up to 30 ft.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, are there any OFFICIAL 5E creatures with blindsight 20 ft. or 40 ft.?</p><p></p><p>I was really tempted to give some of my odonatids that range of blindsight, but a brief trawl of the internet couldn't find any examples o5 5E monsters with those blindsight ranges that weren't Homebrews.</p><p></p><p>While my giant odonatid larvae are homebrews too, I'd like an actual WotC 5E monster to point to for justification!</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Also, wouldn't the nymphs blindsight only works through <strong>water</strong> or work better through water?</p><p></p><p>The 5E rules don't seem to bother with such details, since the Rules As Written say the aforementioned Crabs plus the <strong><a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/animal-killer-whale" target="_blank">Fifth Edition Killer Whale</a></strong> have blindsight that works just as well in air as water, although in the whale's case it has to hear due to its trait "<em><strong>Echolocation.</strong></em> The whale can’t use its blindsight while deafened."</p><p></p><p>At least that's consistent with the <strong><a href="https://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/whale.htm#orca" target="_blank">Third Edition Orca</a></strong> which has blindsight 120 foot and "<em><strong>Blindsight (Ex).</strong></em> Whales can "see" by emitting high-frequency sounds, inaudible to most other creatures, that allow them to locate objects and creatures within 120 feet. A <em>silence</em> spell negates this and forces the whale to rely on its vision, which is approximately as good as a human’s."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 9260878, member: 57383"] By the way, I gave the larvae blindsight 10 ft. because, if memory serves me right, a nymph can sense the vibrations of prey in the water close to it. For comparison, the [b][url='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/animal-crab']Crab[/url][/b] and [b][url='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/animal-crab-giant']Giant Crab[/url][/b] both have blindsight 30 ft. while the [b][url='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/animal-wolf-spider-giant']Giant Wolf Spider[/url][/b] and [b][url='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/animal-spider-giant']Giant Spider[/url][/b] all have blindsight 10 ft. I'm wondering about increasing the range as the larvae get bigger, maybe from 10 ft. up to 30 ft. Incidentally, are there any OFFICIAL 5E creatures with blindsight 20 ft. or 40 ft.? I was really tempted to give some of my odonatids that range of blindsight, but a brief trawl of the internet couldn't find any examples o5 5E monsters with those blindsight ranges that weren't Homebrews. While my giant odonatid larvae are homebrews too, I'd like an actual WotC 5E monster to point to for justification! EDIT: Also, wouldn't the nymphs blindsight only works through [b]water[/b] or work better through water? The 5E rules don't seem to bother with such details, since the Rules As Written say the aforementioned Crabs plus the [b][url='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/animal-killer-whale']Fifth Edition Killer Whale[/url][/b] have blindsight that works just as well in air as water, although in the whale's case it has to hear due to its trait "[i][b]Echolocation.[/b][/i] The whale can’t use its blindsight while deafened." At least that's consistent with the [b][url='https://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/whale.htm#orca']Third Edition Orca[/url][/b] which has blindsight 120 foot and "[i][b]Blindsight (Ex).[/b][/i] Whales can "see" by emitting high-frequency sounds, inaudible to most other creatures, that allow them to locate objects and creatures within 120 feet. A [I]silence[/I] spell negates this and forces the whale to rely on its vision, which is approximately as good as a human’s." [/QUOTE]
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