Whole lot of uncited misinformation happening in this thread, along with some cited genuine info. Here are some facts, some of which were already presented above:
Only special senses can't be used in your new form. Senses which are not special can be retained. We'll get into the rules definition of "special" below, but disregard any claim in this thread, explicit or implied, that all senses are lost in your new form unless the new form has it natively.
As noted above, non-special senses work while Wild Shaped; as explicitly spelled out in this sentence, Passive Perception is a non-special sense, which is why the Observant feat works while Wild Shaped.
What this means is that WolfOfTheBees is ultimately correct and Beardsinger ultimately is not: while it's absolutely immaterial that Devil's Sight is provided by an invocation (an invocation providing a special sense would not be able to provide it while Wild Shaped) and it's also fundamentally irrelevant whether or not Devil's Sight is a "sense", the rules cited above clearly establish that it is not a Special Sense, which is what matters. As it is not a Special Sense, you do not lose it while Wild Shaped.
An interesting and somewhat related interaction is the difference between the Blind Fighting Fighting Style and the Rogues Blindsense class feature. Blind Fighting explicitly gives the Blindsight sense where as Blindsense modifies the Rogues hearing.
Devils sight modifies dark vision, allowing it to work in magical darkness as well as natural darkness. That means it is expressly modifying a special sense and thus should be considered a special sense.
So I have this predicament with my friends, I'm a human variant druid and have taken the racial feat eldritch adept and picked devils sight. If i wild shape would the feat work on the new morph?
It will be up to your DM if the feature Eldritch Invocation: Devil's Sight count as a special sense for the purposes of Wild Shape's restriction. Personally i would allow it.
Devils sight modifies dark vision, allowing it to work in magical darkness as well as natural darkness. That means it is expressly modifying a special sense and thus should be considered a special sense.
Devils sight modifies dark vision, allowing it to work in magical darkness as well as natural darkness. That means it is expressly modifying a special sense and thus should be considered a special sense.
Detect Magic expressly modifies a sense. Is it one?
Devils sight modifies dark vision, allowing it to work in magical darkness as well as natural darkness. That means it is expressly modifying a special sense and thus should be considered a special sense.
Devil's Sight has nothing to do with Darkvision.
If you can’t see the connection between vision, dark vision, and devils sight then there are much bigger issues here.
Devils sight modifies dark vision, allowing it to work in magical darkness as well as natural darkness. That means it is expressly modifying a special sense and thus should be considered a special sense.
Detect Magic expressly modifies a sense. Is it one?
Of course not. Detect magic is a short duration spell. Now you are just being deliberately obtuse.
Of course not. Detect magic is a short duration spell. Now you are just being deliberately obtuse.
No, I'm trying to figure out what you think is a sense in game terms. I would tend to go with the definition in the book, but for some reason you aren't using that.
I cannot understand your definition because you haven't stated it clearly. You came close in post #23, but then when I found something else that fits your definition, you said I was was being obtuse for even suggesting it. Seems a little hostile to me.
In fact, the irony here is that the justification you used is that the spell isn't a sense because it's something else. Devil's sight is something else too. The player version is an invocation that doesn't even give access to a special sense. It just does what it says on the tin. (The monster version, which isn't all that relevant here, is also not a sense.)
Devils sight modifies dark vision, allowing it to work in magical darkness as well as natural darkness. That means it is expressly modifying a special sense and thus should be considered a special sense.
Devil's Sight has nothing to do with Darkvision.
If you can’t see the connection between vision, dark vision, and devils sight then there are much bigger issues here.
Their connection is they all relate to seeing and nothing more. Devil's Sight doesn't see in dim light as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. It has no effect in dim light but see normally in darkness including discerning colors rather than only shades of gray.
What Devil's Sight specifically says about Darkvision ?
Does Devil's Sight increase range when wearring Google of Night ?
Does Devil's Sight increase range when you have Umbral Sight ?
Are Gloom Stalker invisible to any creature that relies on Devil's Sight to see them in darkness?
Can you share Devil's Sight with Eyes of Night?
The answer is no, because Devil's Sight has nothing to do with Darkvision. It doesn't modify it in any way and if you have both while in darkness, you must use one of them, not a modified version of the two.
Devils sight modifies dark vision, allowing it to work in magical darkness as well as natural darkness. That means it is expressly modifying a special sense and thus should be considered a special sense.
Devil's Sight does not modify Darkvision. Or are you arguing that a race without Darkvision gets no benefit from Devil's Sight?
Devil's Sight is a magical boon from your patron. Your patron does not pluck out your eyes and give you owl eyes instead, it's magical. The reason that racial Darkvision doesn't transfer is that a Dark Elf Druid no longer has Dark Elf eyes when wild shaped. A wild shaped Warlock (or Eldritch Adept) is still a Warlock/Eldritch Adept when wild shaped as you retain all class benefits.
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Whole lot of uncited misinformation happening in this thread, along with some cited genuine info. Here are some facts, some of which were already presented above:
What this means is that WolfOfTheBees is ultimately correct and Beardsinger ultimately is not: while it's absolutely immaterial that Devil's Sight is provided by an invocation (an invocation providing a special sense would not be able to provide it while Wild Shaped) and it's also fundamentally irrelevant whether or not Devil's Sight is a "sense", the rules cited above clearly establish that it is not a Special Sense, which is what matters. As it is not a Special Sense, you do not lose it while Wild Shaped.
An interesting and somewhat related interaction is the difference between the Blind Fighting Fighting Style and the Rogues Blindsense class feature. Blind Fighting explicitly gives the Blindsight sense where as Blindsense modifies the Rogues hearing.
Devils sight modifies dark vision, allowing it to work in magical darkness as well as natural darkness. That means it is expressly modifying a special sense and thus should be considered a special sense.
It will be up to your DM if the feature Eldritch Invocation: Devil's Sight count as a special sense for the purposes of Wild Shape's restriction. Personally i would allow it.
Devil's Sight has nothing to do with Darkvision.
Detect Magic expressly modifies a sense. Is it one?
If you can’t see the connection between vision, dark vision, and devils sight then there are much bigger issues here.
Of course not. Detect magic is a short duration spell. Now you are just being deliberately obtuse.
No, I'm trying to figure out what you think is a sense in game terms. I would tend to go with the definition in the book, but for some reason you aren't using that.
I cannot understand your definition because you haven't stated it clearly. You came close in post #23, but then when I found something else that fits your definition, you said I was was being obtuse for even suggesting it. Seems a little hostile to me.
In fact, the irony here is that the justification you used is that the spell isn't a sense because it's something else. Devil's sight is something else too. The player version is an invocation that doesn't even give access to a special sense. It just does what it says on the tin. (The monster version, which isn't all that relevant here, is also not a sense.)
Their connection is they all relate to seeing and nothing more. Devil's Sight doesn't see in dim light as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. It has no effect in dim light but see normally in darkness including discerning colors rather than only shades of gray.
What Devil's Sight specifically says about Darkvision ?
Does Devil's Sight increase range when wearring Google of Night ?
Does Devil's Sight increase range when you have Umbral Sight ?
Are Gloom Stalker invisible to any creature that relies on Devil's Sight to see them in darkness?
Can you share Devil's Sight with Eyes of Night?
The answer is no, because Devil's Sight has nothing to do with Darkvision. It doesn't modify it in any way and if you have both while in darkness, you must use one of them, not a modified version of the two.
Devil's Sight does not modify Darkvision. Or are you arguing that a race without Darkvision gets no benefit from Devil's Sight?
Devil's Sight is a magical boon from your patron. Your patron does not pluck out your eyes and give you owl eyes instead, it's magical. The reason that racial Darkvision doesn't transfer is that a Dark Elf Druid no longer has Dark Elf eyes when wild shaped. A wild shaped Warlock (or Eldritch Adept) is still a Warlock/Eldritch Adept when wild shaped as you retain all class benefits.