Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
Frozen Sick
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Benign Transportation is a 3rd level Conjurer Sub-class ability
Relevant text of Benign Transportation: "...you teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space that you can see. Alternatively, you can choose a space within range that is occupied by a Medium or smaller creature. If that creature is willing, you both teleport, swapping places."
So, an unoccupied space requires you to see the space. But the alternative use only asks that you choose a space within range that is occupied by a medium or smaller creature. It never says you have to be able to see that space...
You still need to see them. Even though the second sentence doesn't repeat "that you can see," general D&D targeting rules require you to have line of sight to target a creature or space unless an ability explicitly says otherwise.
AFAICT, only spells generically require line of sight (Edit: And they still say they require line of sight when they do require it). An attack doesn't require line of sight, for example. I can't find a general targeting rule that requires line of sight.
This isn't a spell. (And it felt the need to require you to see an empty space. If that was a general rule requirement, why specify in one place?)
No. What's required is that the target doesn't have Total Cover. But line of sight is only required if the spell or ability says so.
So in this case Squirrelloid is correct: You don't need line of sight to swap places.