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<blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 8855729" data-attributes="member: 5889">I had this idea for an encounter. The party encounters a number of bat swarms (from the vampire's children of teh night ability). However, the surprise....the vampire is in the swarm in bat form!I was trying to think how best to run this:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">One thought was to have the vampire do a stealth check. A failure would indicate that one bat isn't quite as coordinated with the swarm as the rest. Seems maybe advantage would be in order though, I mean were talking so many bats, are you really going to notice just one? Assuming stealth passes, would doing an attack or other key action break stealth and reveal &quot;the lone bat&quot; like normal stealth, or do you think its reasonable to let the vampire re-stealth as a bonus action (after the main action) in such a case?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bat Swarms take half damage from each magical PBS weapons, which is protection the vampire does not normally get. Do you think its reasonable if the vampire is in the swarm (but not yet noticed) for the vampire to receive the same protection? Should the vampire even take damage in that case unless specifically targeted?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A vampire's charm ability isn't really a spell and doesn't seem to have any components (the classic &quot;look into my eyes&quot; kind of thing). The ability does work in bat form. Would using this ability reveal the single bat out of the swarm?</li>
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[QUOTE="Stalker0, post: 8855729, member: 5889"] I had this idea for an encounter. The party encounters a number of bat swarms (from the vampire's children of teh night ability). However, the surprise....the vampire is in the swarm in bat form! I was trying to think how best to run this: [LIST] [*]One thought was to have the vampire do a stealth check. A failure would indicate that one bat isn't quite as coordinated with the swarm as the rest. Seems maybe advantage would be in order though, I mean were talking so many bats, are you really going to notice just one? Assuming stealth passes, would doing an attack or other key action break stealth and reveal "the lone bat" like normal stealth, or do you think its reasonable to let the vampire re-stealth as a bonus action (after the main action) in such a case? [*]Bat Swarms take half damage from each magical PBS weapons, which is protection the vampire does not normally get. Do you think its reasonable if the vampire is in the swarm (but not yet noticed) for the vampire to receive the same protection? Should the vampire even take damage in that case unless specifically targeted? [*]A vampire's charm ability isn't really a spell and doesn't seem to have any components (the classic "look into my eyes" kind of thing). The ability does work in bat form. Would using this ability reveal the single bat out of the swarm? [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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