Forced Teleportation and Line of Sight

[Obryn]

So I know when something teleports voluntarily, they need to have line of sight to their destination.

If I forced-teleport something, I'd assume the same holds true - but I don't see a rules argument for or against it. Everything is worded for a character teleporting themselves, not teleporting something else.

Now, I'm going ahead and ruling that it's not kosher to teleport a target somewhere you can't see. But are there actual rules that I'm missing regarding this?

-O

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

PHB2 p221 does have an updated text for teleportation which rewords things in terms of a "target". I think basically the rules are the same, you need LoS but not LoE, doesn't provoke OAs, etc. So if you don't have PHB2 then your surmise is correct, things work the same regardless of if you teleport yourself or someone else.

 

[The Little Raven]

The "caster" has to have line-of-sight to the destination, whether the "caster" is the target of the effect, or not.