Etherealness and the 60' vision limitation

[Hypersmurf]

Ethereal creatures can see the Material plane in a 60' radius.

Are there any methods to improve that?

Arcane Eye would be nice... but as far as I can tell, if you cast AE and then turn Ethereal, you lose the connection. Clairvoyance is specifically limited to the same plane of existence. Scrying and Greater Scrying result in immobile sensors.

Thoughts?

-Hyp.

 

[Jay Lofstead]

Two options:

1. Manifest on the material plane.
2. Look at MotP and see if there are some spells to help.

 

[Kaji]

Can't you go Ethereal and then cast Arcane Eye? Or what about one of the spells that improve vision like LowLightVision or I think Hawkeye? I think there are some psionic tatoos that you get even if you're not psionic that would grant you this low light vision power.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Can't you go Ethereal and then cast Arcane Eye?

Yes, but you'd still only be able to see 60' around the Eye on the Material Plane. Which is better than nothing, but not great.

Or what about one of the spells that improve vision like LowLightVision or I think Hawkeye? I think there are some psionic tatoos that you get even if you're not psionic that would grant you this low light vision power.

Low-light vision won't help - you're limited to seeing and hearing things in a 60' radius b ythe planar boundary, not because it's dark.

-Hyp.

 

[Velenne]

Can anyone who is ethereal manifest? I thought it was just ghosts? If my wizard casts Ethereal Jaunt, can he go back and forth between manifesting and being fully on the ethereal?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Just ghosts.

Ethereal creatures cannot affect the Material plane, but they can see and hear in a 60' radius.

-Hyp.