Demigod senses

[DrakeNZ]

Hi everybody

A question to all you rules lawyers out there. In Dungeon 123 the final boss is a demi god, Erivatius, who has the divine power "divine senses". This is described as follows:

"His senses extend to a range of 1 mile per divine rank. Once per week, as a standard action he can perceive everything within the Quicksilver Hourglass (i.e. the dungeon/demiplane) for up to one hour".

My question is what the last sentence means. Does this mean that he can see past rogues with high hide rolls, or does it just give him a trueseeing / blindsight type ability? All comments welcome!!

 

[Zurai]

It means that, once per week, he is omniscient with regard to his demiplane for a duration of 1 hour. If it happens in the Quicksilver Hourglass during that 1 hour, he knows about it. So, yes, he knows exactly where all the rogues are hidden.

 

[Claudius Gaius]

Of course that also means that any sensory attack that occurs in that hour in the entire plane is attacks him as well. Lets hope he remembered to ban skunks in his dimension.

 

[frankthedm]

Of course that also means that any sensory attack that occurs in that hour in the entire plane is attacks him as well. Lets hope he remembered to ban skunks in his dimension.

You wish. This is one more situation where the rules for spell range and the difference between line of sight and Line of effect make all the difference.

 

[Claudius Gaius]

Not really. If I use an effect - regardless of whether or not its a spell - that "fascinates all who see it", what's relevant is seeing it, not line-of sight: seeing it in a mirror, by clairvoyance, over a fiber-optic line, or via your divine senses, works just as well; you still saw it. The fact that there are few such effects described in the basic game doesn't mean that there aren't any out there.

Secondarily, if his senses extend throughout the plane, he smells the skunk just as well as if he was holding it under his nose. For that matter, he also feels the texture of the wizards liver and tastes everything in the dimension, including the unwashed barbarian, simultaneously. Good thing he's a godling, mortals would find this confusing. I'd bet that he still finds it distasteful. You want to know why the celestial realms are clean and shiny and pure? Maybe it just really disgusts all the omniscent types when its not.