emeraldbeacon
Adventurer
While running through Adventure 4 (The Mad King's Banquet), I came across an element in the battle of Otharil Vale, that simply doesn't work in 5e. An invisible Androsphinx roars, sending troops scattering in fear... except for all the reasons they wouldn't:
- A creature under the "frightened" condition suffers no ill effects at all if the target of its fear is not visible.
- The most important elements of the line - the squads of soldiers - are immune to the frightened condition, and as such, wouldn't scatter anyway; only the various support units and commanders would be affected.