I have a player (2 actually) in my recent game who are dwarves, as such they can gain Tremorsense via their Stonecunning feature. As per the wording of this feature in the glossary, Tremorsense does not count as sight.
We got into this small discussion mid-combat:
A Drow mage cast greater invisibility to run away in a combat. The party were unable to attack and he was escaping. The dwarf then used Stonecunning and asked "Can I Fire an arrow in his location?"
I made the argument that since the rules state that Termorsesne is not a form of sight and the drow was about 30 foot away that the player could not make an attack as the only reason they know where the drow was, is due to the termorsense and that would be treating tremorsense as sight. I did however say that they could point out the general direction to other party members (general not specific) and they could take a crack at it. There was a bit of an argument about it as the player stated they were treating it like hitting someone whilst blinded.
I'm questioning here if I have interpreted this rule right and made the correct call or if I have misinterpreted the rule.
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If they are in range, Tremorsense will tell them where the mage is (even if they are hidden, which they are not). They can attack, but still at disadvantage.
Additionally, unless the mage is making Stealth rolls to move silently, they would know where he is, anyway, and could attack (still at disadvantage) regardless of Tremorsense. Especially since they saw him vanish and know he's running away.
I have a player (2 actually) in my recent game who are dwarves, as such they can gain Tremorsense via their Stonecunning feature.
As per the wording of this feature in the glossary, Tremorsense does not count as sight.
We got into this small discussion mid-combat:
A Drow mage cast greater invisibility to run away in a combat. The party were unable to attack and he was escaping.
The dwarf then used Stonecunning and asked "Can I Fire an arrow in his location?"
I made the argument that since the rules state that Termorsesne is not a form of sight and the drow was about 30 foot away that the player could not make an attack as the only reason they know where the drow was, is due to the termorsense and that would be treating tremorsense as sight.
I did however say that they could point out the general direction to other party members (general not specific) and they could take a crack at it. There was a bit of an argument about it as the player stated they were treating it like hitting someone whilst blinded.
I'm questioning here if I have interpreted this rule right and made the correct call or if I have misinterpreted the rule.
D&D DM Info - Here
Discord: ItsScottish#0001
Platform: FoundryVTT
Steak: Rare
If they are in range, Tremorsense will tell them where the mage is (even if they are hidden, which they are not). They can attack, but still at disadvantage.
Additionally, unless the mage is making Stealth rolls to move silently, they would know where he is, anyway, and could attack (still at disadvantage) regardless of Tremorsense. Especially since they saw him vanish and know he's running away.