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A 57-minute live panel from D&D Celebration 2021 in which Jeremy Crawford, D&D's Lead Rules Designer, answers frequently asked rules questions from players and Dungeon Masters. It is an official Dungeons & Dragons channel production covering rules clarifications and rulings.
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Cites Dale M · 2018-11 · Role-playing Games Stack Exchange · on “Does a creature with blindsight have disadvantage when attacking an invisible target?”
An Invisible creature is still Invisible even if someone can see it Invisibility is a condition that certain magical effects (e.g. Invisibility spell) gives you and the condition only ends in the way that the effect says - I don't know of any that end just because something can "see" you. While you have the condition it does what it says it does. So, yes , an Invisible creature attacks with advantage and is attacked with disadvantage even if the target/attacker can "see" it through blindsight, tremorsense, truesight etc. Why? Because the advantage/disadvantage comes from the Invisible condition (PHB p.291) and is distinct from the advantage/disadvantage that comes from being unseen (PHB p.19
Cites Guillaume F. · 2022-09 · Role-playing Games Stack Exchange · on “Does a creature with blindsight have disadvantage when attacking an invisible target?”
@NeilSlater Dale M's answer is the correct one, both RAI and RAW. The "consensus" is wrong and mistaken. See Jeremy Crawford video for explanation: [this video]
Cites Guillaume F. · 2022-09 · Role-playing Games Stack Exchange · on “Does a creature with blindsight have disadvantage when attacking an invisible target?”
Jeremy Crawford says exactly the opposite of what you are claiming: [this video] Even if you can see the invisible creature through some other sense, you still have disadvantage attacking them.
Cites Guillaume F. · 2022-09 · Role-playing Games Stack Exchange · on “Does a creature with blindsight have disadvantage when attacking an invisible target?”
You are wrong, the Rules-As-Intended is the same as RAW: a creature with blindsight still has disadvantage attacking an invisible creature. Jeremy Crawford himself specified that this was the intended mechanic: [this video]
Cites Kirt · 2024-04 · Role-playing Games Stack Exchange · on “With Blind Fighting style from Tasha's Cauldron Of Everything, can you cast spells that require a target you can see?”
Yes As you cite, Blind Fighting (TCE) gives you (emphasis mine): You have blindsight with a range of 10 feet. Within that range, you can effectively see anything that isn't behind total cover, even if you're blinded or in darkness. Moreover, you can see an invisible creature within that range Comparing this with Blindsight from the PHB section on Vision and Light [LINK] (emphasis mine): Blindsight A creature with blindsight can perceive its surroundings without relying on sight , within a specific radius. We could split hairs and debate whether 'effective sight' is better than 'perceiving without sight'. Fortunately, we don't have to because either of these abilities permit you to target wit