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<blockquote data-quote="Pickaxe" data-source="post: 8209455" data-attributes="member: 10812">I was looking at the gloom stalker ranger subclass and was wondering how Umbral Sight and the Fear spell, which gloom stalkers get at 9th level, interact.Fear imposes the frightened condition, which affects creatures while the source of their fear is within line of sight. In darkness, a gloom stalker’s Umbral Sight makes it invisible even to creatures with darkvision. If a gloom stalker casts Fear while in the dark, do those who fail their save not suffer the affects of the frightened condition if they can’t see the gloom stalker? Similar issues arise with monsters that have fear effects but also some sort of concealment in dim light, e.g., shadow mastiff alphas.Part of the issue is the definition of “line of sight,” which does not seem to be defined in the PHB, and the index refers you to the Targeting heading of casting a spell, which does not use the phrase “line of sight” but talks about a “clear path” in terms of cover. Is “line of sight” entirely a matter of cover, or does it include concealment, like being hidden or invisible?Thanks!Axe</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pickaxe, post: 8209455, member: 10812"] I was looking at the gloom stalker ranger subclass and was wondering how Umbral Sight and the Fear spell, which gloom stalkers get at 9th level, interact. Fear imposes the frightened condition, which affects creatures while the source of their fear is within line of sight. In darkness, a gloom stalker’s Umbral Sight makes it invisible even to creatures with darkvision. If a gloom stalker casts Fear while in the dark, do those who fail their save not suffer the affects of the frightened condition if they can’t see the gloom stalker? Similar issues arise with monsters that have fear effects but also some sort of concealment in dim light, e.g., shadow mastiff alphas. Part of the issue is the definition of “line of sight,” which does not seem to be defined in the PHB, and the index refers you to the Targeting heading of casting a spell, which does not use the phrase “line of sight” but talks about a “clear path” in terms of cover. Is “line of sight” entirely a matter of cover, or does it include concealment, like being hidden or invisible? Thanks! Axe [/QUOTE]

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