Recently I’ve been playing with some friends in an Underdark Campaign with some homebrew, and my choice for a character was a Giant Sapient Scorpion character, with a lot of his racial traits taken from the Giant Scorpion monster in DnD.
One of those being Blindsight, which is basically you can sense vibrations, heartbeats, change in air pressure, and basically can feel and perceive anything that doesn’t require sight. In fact, one of the downsides is that “you automatically fail any ability checks that require sight”.
And one time, when I asked if I can make a perception check, my DM denied it, saying that I don’t have eyes and can’t perceive anything.
The thing is, a Perception check description (at least in dnd beyond) reads as “Allows you to use a combination of senses to notice something that’s easy to miss.” Which I brought up, but was still shutdown in spite of that.
Now, I am by no means against this or hate my dm for it, as all I have to do is ask him if my Scorpion can sense or feel anything amiss, instantly. Buuuuut- I would’ve maybe preferred to be able to make perception checks anyways, since in my head, I thought this is how it would go, months before the campaign started.
Lemme know what you think though on if a Blindsight creature should still be able to make a Perception Check!
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r/DnD Recently I’ve been playing with some friends in an Underdark Campaign with some homebrew, and my choice for a character was a Giant Sapient Scorpion character, with a lot of his racial traits taken from the Giant Scorpion monster in DnD. One of those being Blindsight, which is basically you can sense vibrations, heartbeats, change in air pressure, and basically can feel and perceive anything that doesn’t require sight. In fact, one of the downsides is that “you automatically fail any ability checks that require sight”. And one time, when I asked if I can make a perception check, my DM denied it, saying that I don’t have eyes and can’t perceive anything. The thing is, a Perception check description (at least in dnd beyond) reads as “Allows you to use a combination of senses to notice something that’s easy to miss.” Which I brought up, but was still shutdown in spite of that. Now, I am by no means against this or hate my dm for it, as all I have to do is ask him if my Scorpion can sense or feel anything amiss, instantly. Buuuuut- I would’ve maybe preferred to be able to make perception checks anyways, since in my head, I thought this is how it would go, months before the campaign started. Lemme know what you think though on if a Blindsight creature should still be able to make a Perception Check! submitted by /u/Sorry_Conclusion9714 [link] [comments]
Recently I’ve been playing with some friends in an Underdark Campaign with some homebrew, and my choice for a character was a Giant Sapient Scorpion character, with a lot of his racial traits taken from the Giant Scorpion monster in DnD.
One of those being Blindsight, which is basically you can sense vibrations, heartbeats, change in air pressure, and basically can feel and perceive anything that doesn’t require sight. In fact, one of the downsides is that “you automatically fail any ability checks that require sight”.
And one time, when I asked if I can make a perception check, my DM denied it, saying that I don’t have eyes and can’t perceive anything.
The thing is, a Perception check description (at least in dnd beyond) reads as “Allows you to use a combination of senses to notice something that’s easy to miss.” Which I brought up, but was still shutdown in spite of that.
Now, I am by no means against this or hate my dm for it, as all I have to do is ask him if my Scorpion can sense or feel anything amiss, instantly. Buuuuut- I would’ve maybe preferred to be able to make perception checks anyways, since in my head, I thought this is how it would go, months before the campaign started.
Lemme know what you think though on if a Blindsight creature should still be able to make a Perception Check!
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