Hey guys i recently started playing a Blade Sorlock who heavily rely´s on close combat(pact of the blade), mobility (feat mobile) and teleportation spells like blink. I stumbled upon two situations in which I am unsure about the ruling: when I use my movement to get behind an opponent to "attack from behind", I would not get advantage because he sees me doing so but what if i just appear right behind him at the beginning of my turn using blink or in between using misty step, as long as he does not have blind sight how would he know I'm there? The other thing is when an opponent ready´s his action to attack me as a reaction when I reappear, first I believe he would not be able to react to the teleportation itself as long as I teleport behind him because the rules in 5e clearly state that he has to perceive my action which he can't do without blind sight and second if I then would attack with shocking grasp would he be unable to use his reaction for the attack because it states"it (the target) can't take reactions until the start of its next turn", or does a readied attack count as an attack of opportunity anyway so mobile would allow me to just dismiss his reaction after I preformed a normal melee attack?
Personally, I think I would rule of cool that if you teleport behind an opponent using misty step, you can have advantage as long as it makes sense that they are caught off-guard (i.e, if the creature is doing anything other than standing there it might get complex). However, during combat, opponents are typically presumed to have 360 degree awareness rather than just idly facing a direction during their down-time (PHB 177 "In combat, most creatures stay alert for signs of danger all around"). As such, it would be fair to disallow advantage in this case.
You say "when I reappear" but it's not clear whether you just mean that when your misty step is complete or if you're otherwise hidden. If when you start to misty step, you are in range and visible, the reaction would be triggered then. If you misty step into range, I think that your assumption that the readied action wouldn't be triggered relies on the most optimistic interpretation of the above. If your DM rules that misty-step doesn't result in your being hidden in a given situation, the readied action can target you immediately, prior to your attack which renders the shocking grasp argument moot. (PHB 193 "W hen the trigger occurs, you can either take your reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger." I don't believe the readied action would count as an attack of opportunity. When you ready an action "you can act later in the round using your reaction".
Yeah i also thought that a readied action is not an attack of oppertunity... and concerning the "reapper", I was speciffically refering to the reappearence from Blink. And I would understand when misty step does not give me advatage because the myst production could tipp the enemy off but wehen it comes to blink there is just nothing that could tipp an opponent of so there are just no "signs of danger" i which way is it different from hiding durig combat the enemy loses sight of me and out of the blue i´m just there again without beeing seen or heard during his whole turn.
There is no "behind someone" in 5e's combat rules unless you're using the optional rule in the DMG. There's already abilities that are supposed to give advantage after teleporting (e.g. a monk's shadow step.)
Someone reappearing from Blink is a perceivable circumstance. Since there's no concept of being behind someone in combat, they see you reappear.
An readied attack isn't an opportunity attack. Nothing is an opportunity attack unless the rules call it one.
My thought and how I kinda try to rule of cool it while still trying to keep rules as written in mind is, since shadow monks teleport is effectively the same you disappear and reappear with close to no warning id give advantage on the first and only the first and still allow the reaction or attack of opportunity against it assuming you you would normally provoke an AOO or if the enemy had a held attack action.
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Hey guys i recently started playing a Blade Sorlock who heavily rely´s on close combat(pact of the blade), mobility (feat mobile) and teleportation spells like blink. I stumbled upon two situations in which I am unsure about the ruling: when I use my movement to get behind an opponent to "attack from behind", I would not get advantage because he sees me doing so but what if i just appear right behind him at the beginning of my turn using blink or in between using misty step, as long as he does not have blind sight how would he know I'm there? The other thing is when an opponent ready´s his action to attack me as a reaction when I reappear, first I believe he would not be able to react to the teleportation itself as long as I teleport behind him because the rules in 5e clearly state that he has to perceive my action which he can't do without blind sight and second if I then would attack with shocking grasp would he be unable to use his reaction for the attack because it states"it (the target) can't take reactions until the start of its next turn", or does a readied attack count as an attack of opportunity anyway so mobile would allow me to just dismiss his reaction after I preformed a normal melee attack?
Personally, I think I would rule of cool that if you teleport behind an opponent using misty step, you can have advantage as long as it makes sense that they are caught off-guard (i.e, if the creature is doing anything other than standing there it might get complex). However, during combat, opponents are typically presumed to have 360 degree awareness rather than just idly facing a direction during their down-time (PHB 177 "In combat, most creatures stay alert for signs of danger all around"). As such, it would be fair to disallow advantage in this case.
You say "when I reappear" but it's not clear whether you just mean that when your misty step is complete or if you're otherwise hidden. If when you start to misty step, you are in range and visible, the reaction would be triggered then. If you misty step into range, I think that your assumption that the readied action wouldn't be triggered relies on the most optimistic interpretation of the above. If your DM rules that misty-step doesn't result in your being hidden in a given situation, the readied action can target you immediately, prior to your attack which renders the shocking grasp argument moot. (PHB 193 "W hen the trigger occurs, you can either take your reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger." I don't believe the readied action would count as an attack of opportunity. When you ready an action "you can act later in the round using your reaction".
Yeah i also thought that a readied action is not an attack of oppertunity... and concerning the "reapper", I was speciffically refering to the reappearence from Blink. And I would understand when misty step does not give me advatage because the myst production could tipp the enemy off but wehen it comes to blink there is just nothing that could tipp an opponent of so there are just no "signs of danger" i which way is it different from hiding durig combat the enemy loses sight of me and out of the blue i´m just there again without beeing seen or heard during his whole turn.
There is no "behind someone" in 5e's combat rules unless you're using the optional rule in the DMG. There's already abilities that are supposed to give advantage after teleporting (e.g. a monk's shadow step.)
Someone reappearing from Blink is a perceivable circumstance. Since there's no concept of being behind someone in combat, they see you reappear.
An readied attack isn't an opportunity attack. Nothing is an opportunity attack unless the rules call it one.
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My thought and how I kinda try to rule of cool it while still trying to keep rules as written in mind is, since shadow monks teleport is effectively the same you disappear and reappear with close to no warning id give advantage on the first and only the first and still allow the reaction or attack of opportunity against it assuming you you would normally provoke an AOO or if the enemy had a held attack action.