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<blockquote data-quote="War Golem" data-source="post: 220042" data-attributes="member: 142">When a creature has Telepathy as an innate ability (such as a devil), how exactly does it work? If it says the creature can communicate telepathically with any creature within 100 feet, how literal is this? For instance, does the telepathic creature have to see the subject? What if the subject is invisible and in the same room with the telepathic creature, and the telepathic creature knows the subject is there (esp. if they are allies working together)?If the answer to the second part is 'Yes', then that implies no line of sight is needed. Could a telepathic creature then use telepathy as a Detection mechanism - simply scan the area around itself in a 100 foot radius for other intelligent life? If the telepathic creature is in a dungeon, and another creature secretly enters the dungeon, can the telepathic creature use its telepathy to sense the intruder, even if there were up to (nearly) 100 feet of earth or stone still separating the two?Finally, can a telepathic creature communicate telepathically with more than one creature at a time? If the telepathic creature's allies are all mixed in with a bunch of enemies during a combat, how specific can the telepathic creature be with its mental communication? Can it communicate with its allies, and exclude its enemies? If so, is there a mechanism by which one of the enemies could 'eavesdrop' on the communication?I had figured that it would work like the spell, but when this situation came up in our game the other night, I discovered there is no Telepathy spell in the PHB. If this is all answered somewhere in the books and I missed it, please give me a page number and I'll go look it up myself.Thanks!-War Golem</blockquote>

[QUOTE="War Golem, post: 220042, member: 142"] When a creature has Telepathy as an innate ability (such as a devil), how exactly does it work? If it says the creature can communicate telepathically with any creature within 100 feet, how literal is this? For instance, does the telepathic creature have to see the subject? What if the subject is invisible and in the same room with the telepathic creature, and the telepathic creature knows the subject is there (esp. if they are allies working together)? If the answer to the second part is 'Yes', then that implies no line of sight is needed. Could a telepathic creature then use telepathy as a Detection mechanism - simply scan the area around itself in a 100 foot radius for other intelligent life? If the telepathic creature is in a dungeon, and another creature secretly enters the dungeon, can the telepathic creature use its telepathy to sense the intruder, even if there were up to (nearly) 100 feet of earth or stone still separating the two? Finally, can a telepathic creature communicate telepathically with more than one creature at a time? If the telepathic creature's allies are all mixed in with a bunch of enemies during a combat, how specific can the telepathic creature be with its mental communication? Can it communicate with its allies, and exclude its enemies? If so, is there a mechanism by which one of the enemies could 'eavesdrop' on the communication? I had figured that it would work like the spell, but when this situation came up in our game the other night, I discovered there is no Telepathy spell in the PHB. If this is all answered somewhere in the books and I missed it, please give me a page number and I'll go look it up myself. Thanks! -War Golem [/QUOTE]

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