The newer, errata'ed version (included in newer SRD as well as newer PHBs) corrects this to say the opposite:Ī heavily obscured area-such as darkness, opaque fog, or dense foliage-blocks vision entirely. You're looking at an old copy of the PHB. So those archers standing outside the fog cloud now get advantage to shoot everyone inside of it. Obscured Areas only have effects on those INSIDE them. "A blinded creature can't see and automatically fails any ability check that requires sight," therefore, I could automatically succeed on a stealth check to sneak out of the bar.Įxcept, per RAW it doesn't actually do that. From the PHB, page 173: "If circumstances cause a roll to have both advantage and disadvantage, you are considered to have neither of them, and you roll one d20." It really is useless in a bar fight. RAW it doesn't seem to have an effect.Īnd there's the explanation, apparently. We've always played that advantage and disadvantage cancel each other out, but in this case, it would make Fog Cloud completely pointless.Īs a GM, I would probably rule that everyone has disadvantage to target and be targeted while in the cloud, instead of is blinded, but that's a houserule. If RAW creatures in the cloud become blinded, and RAW a creature that is blinded has disadvantage and grants advantage, do the disadvantage and advantage cancel out for no effect for two creatures fighting in the fog, or does one roll three times and take the median value? That's kind of weird, now that I think about it. Use it to be able to hide behind or in it, use it to negate a lot of spells, use it when being attacked by invisible creatures to even out the odds, use it to negate any creature's advantage, etc.
He threw the fog cloud up 40 feet in the air and didn't have to worry about his sunlight sensitivity while under it.īut Fog cloud essentially works just like Darkness but a little less powerful.
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I saw a Kobold PC use Fog Cloud just the other day to cancel out sunlight sensitivity. Yeah, but when blinded creatures attack other blinded creatures (or creatures that can't see them), the disadvantage and advantage cancel themselves out. A creature in a heavily obscured area effectively suffers from the blinded conditionĪ blinded creature can't see and automatically fails any ability check that requires sightĪttack rolls against the creature have advantage, and the creature's attack rolls have disadvantage.Įdit:Also, I thoroughly enjoy your word choice of your DM being blindsided by the spell that imparts the blinded condition. 183: A heavily obscured area - such as darkness, opaque fog, or dense foliage- blocks vision entirely. What is the spell supposed to do? I'm sure my GM will appreciate me having a more concrete answer, since it seemed to blindside him a bit when I pulled it out. The one time advantage was rolled was when somebody attacked someone who had fallen prone, which probably should've been advantage anyway. Nobody was rolling advantage or disadvantage, nobody had significant trouble finding each other. We looked at this, then the GM shrugged his shoulders and basically continued as though it wasn't there. It lasts for the duration or until a wind of moderate or greater speed (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses it." The sphere spreads around corners, and its area is heavily obscured.
"You create a 20-foot radius sphere of fog centered on a point within range. GM asked "What are the effects of Fog Cloud?" So we looked at the description: I threw out a Fog cloud in the hopes that it would give us a chance to get out of there, as a brawl is no place for a level 1 wizard. We began in a bar wherein a brawl broke out, as nature intended all adventures to begin. Two days ago was my first game in a new 5e group, with myself as a level 1 wizard.
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