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alex1g
2016-10-19, 08:51 PM
Will Displacement work on a person or animal that has Tremor Sence???
Zanos
2016-10-19, 08:54 PM
Other than pinpointing location, tremorsense offers no special sensing prowess. If someone is invisible, you'll know where they are, but still have a 50% miss chance from total concealment, much like blindsense.

Displacement should work normally.
Orionxhavok
2016-10-19, 09:18 PM
Will Displacement work on a person or animal that has Tremor Sence???

As a player in this campaign. The question is, does a creature with magical displacement retain it's concealment versus a creature with tremorsense.
Arael666
2016-10-20, 01:20 AM
Other than pinpointing location, tremorsense offers no special sensing prowess. If someone is invisible, you'll know where they are, but still have a 50% miss chance from total concealment, much like blindsense.

Displacement should work normally.

Then does that mean Purple Worms have a constant 50% miss chance since they only have tremorsense and are effectively blind (no eyes)?

Edit: just re-read the monster entry. No mention of it having no eyes or being blind (even if in almost all drawings it has no eyes), so by RAW it has sight since it's not stated it does not; same deal with animated objects, wich have no sensory organs but are stated with low-light vision. Soooo.... I'm probably wrong with the coment above :smallredface:
Zanos
2016-10-20, 01:50 AM
Then does that mean Purple Worms have a constant 50% miss chance since they only have tremorsense and are effectively blind (no eyes)?

Edit: just re-read the monster entry. No mention of it having no eyes or being blind (even if in almost all drawings it has no eyes), so by RAW it has sight since it's not stated it does not; same deal with animated objects, wich have no sensory organs but are stated with low-light vision. Soooo.... I'm probably wrong with the coment above :smallredface:
Yeah, the rules generally assume creatures have the normal range of senses unless explicitly called out by a special quality. So yes, skeletons can smell. Why? Magic.

To answer the general question though: blindsigjt makes a specific call out with regards to blinding effects blind/tremorsense do not. A blind creature with tremorsense takes all the normal penalties for blindness, but can still use its tremorsense to locate targets. Who still have total concealment, of course.