Can you hear someone teleport?

[SteelDraco]

While working on a fiend encounter for my game, I was reviewing the rules for teleportation and invisibility, as I was thinking that the yugoloth would turn himself invisible with a spell-like ability before he teleported near the PCs. So, now I'm wondering. Can you hear someone teleport? I looked through the spell description and the (Teleportation) subtype, and neither mentioned how loud the spell was. My general call would be a DC 15 Listen check to hear the pop of a teleport, but I was wondering if there was anything more official I could do. The critter's got a pretty good Move Silently, so if they don't hear the sound of the teleport, they might be in for some hurting.

 

[Three_Haligonians]

Reminds me of Harry Potter, whereby apperating creates this cracking sound...but I digress!

I wouldn't say that teleport makes any noise whatsoever. Teleporting out of an area, possibly you could argue the whole "air filling into empty space" side, but I'd say teleporting in, not so much. Your players are so dead! hee hee hee!

Seriously, the only listen check I'd give them in this circumstance is against the monster's move silently!

Sounds very cool by the way!

T from Three Haligonians

 

[Hypersmurf]

Teleporting out of an area, possibly you could argue the whole "air filling into empty space" side, but I'd say teleporting in, not so much.

That's how it's done in Stasheff's The Warlock In Spite of Himself series.

When someone teleports out, there's a BANG! as the surrounding air collapses into the void. When the teleport in, from memory, it's more of a 'puff'.

-Hyp.

 

[reanjr]

I don't think teleport makes a sound, but I'd give them a Listen check against the teleported creature's Move Siltently. Maybe giving a +5 bonus to Listen as the target gets situated after the teleport. You can also hear ambient noise changes fairly easily. A person appearing behind you in a small room would entirely change the acoustics.

 

[HellHound]

In our campaign, teleporting makes a BAMF! noise, stolen from Nightcrawler.

Well, Dimension Doors CERTAINLY do, and sometimes teleporting does too.

 

[Wombat]

BAMF!

Beat me to it

 

[Bauglir]

Sounds like 1000 people saying 'wop' if arriving or 'foop' if leaving.

 

[Destil]

Sure, why not. Don't forget the +1 / 10 feet modifier to the listen DC, though.

Psionics does have nice clean rules for this stuff with displays. (IMC if memory serves psycoportation only has visual displays...)

For magic it's allmost entirely DM hand waving. Just as good a question is can you see a teleport even when it's an invisible object / creature. I'd most likely rule yes...