Witchcraft • Legacy Sensory Transmutation

Ears of the Bat

Ears of the Bat sacrifices ordinary sight to grant extraordinary hearing and crude ultrasonic awareness. It is preserved as a legacy d20 Witch, Druid and Ranger spell.

Ears of the Bat at a Glance

5.5e / 2024	No direct conversion published here
5e / 2014	No direct conversion published here
Pathfinder 1e	Not a Pathfinder Witch spell by default
D&D 3.x Legacy	Witch 2, Druid 2, Ranger 2

D&D 3.x Legacy Rules

School	Transmutation
Level	Witch 2, Druid 2, Ranger 2
Components	V, S, M
Casting Time	1 action
Range	Touch
Duration	1 minute/level (D)
Spell Resistance	Yes

The subject is blinded for ordinary sight but gains +10 on Listen checks and +4 on Search checks made to find secret doors or compartments. Ultrasonic location offsets many blindness penalties, though the legacy spell still imposes a 10% miss chance and reduces movement to three-quarters normal speed.

A subject with Blind-Fight ignores the spell’s remaining blindness penalties under the original rules. Material component: a piece of bat fur.

Edition Boundary

The Listen/Search skill bonuses, miss chance and movement fractions belong to older d20 rules. Later editions should use their own blindness, blindsight and perception mechanics.