So what are the rules when you return to the Material Plane after blinking to the Ethereal Plane? Do you surprise a foe? Get advantage as if you had been Invisible? Does a PC with the ability get a Sneak Attack?
If you return after 1 round, do you roll a d6 to potentially Blink again since the Duration has not ended?
EDIT: After re-reading the spell description, it looks like you DO reroll after you come back during the duration. What a potentially devastating spell for rogue/mage mulitclass!
I understand I can adjudicate these as I see fit. Just wondering if anyone has seen clarification/guidance on this.
The spell is functionally the same as the 2014 version. There's no special benefit when you reappear; the benefit of disappearing is being immune to most combat for 1 round. The only new wrinkle is that if Initiative gets rolled while you're gone, you'd have Advantage on Initiative due to being effectively invisible.
You receive no benefits when you blink back in - there is no surprise, no invisibility, nothing unusual caused by the blink spell itself.
The spell makes no mention of "effectively invisible". While you are affected by the spell you are on a different plane and can only interact with creatures on the same plane as you. Whether you can be perceived depends on the senses of the nearby creatures on the material and ethereal planes and whether they have the ability to see you.
BLINK
"Roll 1d6 at the end of each of your turns for the duration. On a roll of 4–6, you vanish from your current plane of existence and appear in the Ethereal Plane (the spell ends instantly if you are already on that plane). While on the Ethereal Plane, you can perceive the plane you left, which is cast in shades of gray, but you can’t see anything there more than 60 feet away. You can affect and be affected only by other creatures on the Ethereal Plane, and creatures on the other plane can’t perceive you unless they have a special ability that lets them perceive things on the Ethereal Plane.
You return to the other plane at the start of your next turn and when the spell ends if you are on the Ethereal Plane. You return to an unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within 10 feet of the space you left. If no unoccupied space is available within that range, you appear in the nearest unoccupied space."
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So what are the rules when you return to the Material Plane after blinking to the Ethereal Plane? Do you surprise a foe? Get advantage as if you had been Invisible? Does a PC with the ability get a Sneak Attack?
If you return after 1 round, do you roll a d6 to potentially Blink again since the Duration has not ended?
EDIT: After re-reading the spell description, it looks like you DO reroll after you come back during the duration. What a potentially devastating spell for rogue/mage mulitclass!
I understand I can adjudicate these as I see fit. Just wondering if anyone has seen clarification/guidance on this.
The spell is functionally the same as the 2014 version. There's no special benefit when you reappear; the benefit of disappearing is being immune to most combat for 1 round. The only new wrinkle is that if Initiative gets rolled while you're gone, you'd have Advantage on Initiative due to being effectively invisible.
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So if I'm effectively Invisible, do I get Advantage on my attack after "popping in?"
No, because you're not invisible during your turn.
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Below is the text of the 2024 blink spell.
You receive no benefits when you blink back in - there is no surprise, no invisibility, nothing unusual caused by the blink spell itself.
The spell makes no mention of "effectively invisible". While you are affected by the spell you are on a different plane and can only interact with creatures on the same plane as you. Whether you can be perceived depends on the senses of the nearby creatures on the material and ethereal planes and whether they have the ability to see you.
BLINK
"Roll 1d6![]()
at the end of each of your turns for the duration. On a roll of 4–6, you vanish from your current plane of existence and appear in the Ethereal Plane (the spell ends instantly if you are already on that plane). While on the Ethereal Plane, you can perceive the plane you left, which is cast in shades of gray, but you can’t see anything there more than 60 feet away. You can affect and be affected only by other creatures on the Ethereal Plane, and creatures on the other plane can’t perceive you unless they have a special ability that lets them perceive things on the Ethereal Plane.
You return to the other plane at the start of your next turn and when the spell ends if you are on the Ethereal Plane. You return to an unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within 10 feet of the space you left. If no unoccupied space is available within that range, you appear in the nearest unoccupied space."