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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatula" data-source="post: 845697" data-attributes="member: 2198">Well I guess it depends on how you think the druidic Blindsight feat & the Silence spell work.  The main requirement for the feat is the ability to wildshape into a dire bat, which implies that the blindsight is a sonar-like ability.  Sonar works by emitting high-frequency sonic wavelengths that hit solid objects and rebound towards the source (i.e. you).  It's possible to "see" the object only by measuring the "shape" of the rebounded wavelenths.If the Silence spell absorbs sound (that is, sonic wavelengths enter and simply disappear), a Silenced area would probably just appear to be full of nothing to sonar.An area of nothing, though, could be telling in its own right if your other senses, such as sight, can see object where your blindsight is telling you nothing exists.  You wouldn't be able to really see the silenced area itself as much as figure out spots that are covered by the spell, though.</blockquote>