gaze vs sight

[MR CRITICAL]

can a creature choose to keep his gaze active or does he hav to keep activating it on his turn ?? like if your fighting medusa does she hav to keep turning it on or not??

[I grok do u]

Gaze has passive and active operations. Passive is basically when a creature looks at Medusa, such as when attacking; this can be affected by averting gaze or being blindfolded. Active is the creature uses an attack action to gaze at a specific target, which can still use one of those two methods to avoid, or try to avoid the need for the save.

Note, that a creature can thus many need to save twice in one round.

Individual monsters may have differences (noted in their stats) to this basic gaze entry.

Creatures with a gaze attack can close or cover their eyes to negate the ability.

[Mysterious Stranger]

Gaze attacks can affect ethereal opponents. A creature is immune to gaze attacks of others of its kind unless otherwise noted. Allies of a creature with a gaze attack might be affected. All the creature's allies are considered to be averting their eyes from the creature with the gaze attack, and have a 50% chance to not need to make a saving throw against the gaze attack each round. The creature can also veil its eyes, thus negating its gaze ability.

Turning off gaze attack requires effort on the part of the creature. That indicates they are always on.

[MR CRITICAL]

does this gaze attack effect multiple creatures or just one ???

The euryale’s gaze attack has a range of 30 feet and turns the target to stone permanently (Fortitude DC 32 negates). The save DC is Constitution-based.

[TxSam88]

MR CRITICAL wrote:

does this gaze attack effect multiple creatures or just one ???

The euryale’s gaze attack has a range of 30 feet and turns the target to stone permanently (Fortitude DC 32 negates). The save DC is Constitution-based.

So during a typical round, as the characters are fighting, each character will need to make a save against the gaze. During the Euryale's turn it can also target an individual with it's gaze attack, forcing that one character to make an extra save against the gaze attack.

[Pizza Lord]

MR CRITICAL wrote:

does this gaze attack effect multiple creatures or just one ???

Like TXSam88 said, it will (potentially) affect every creature within 30 feet. At the start of each character's turn, assuming they are aware there's some reason to close their eyes or look away from something, the character can decide to close their eyes and not need to make a save, but they are effectively blind and have a 50% miss chance. Or they can avert their eyes from the creature (look at its feet or at a shadow or something) and have a 50% chance to not have to make a save but the creature has 20% concealment miss chance.

This save could happen anytime if something changes. For instance, if the creature with the gaze attack walks or moves into range and is visible, obviously. Then the characters should have to save (unless they averted or covered their eyes earlier, which they may or may not). Or if the player does something that obviously changes their view. For example, if they say they close their eyes to avoid making the save, then move around or do other things and then open them, they need to save (if still in range and creature visible), they don't get to just blink at the start of their action. But they should never have to make this passive save more than once a round against the same creature, ie. walking in and out of range in one round.

[url=https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/rules-for-monsters/universal-monster-rules#TOC-Gaze-Su-:~:text=Location%3A%20Aura.-,Gaze%20(Su),-A%20gaze%20special wrote:

Gaze (Su)[/url]]A creature with a gaze attack can actively gaze as an attack action by choosing a target within range. That opponent must attempt a saving throw but can try to avoid this as described above. Thus, it is possible for an opponent to save against a creature’s gaze twice during the same round, once before the opponent’s action and once during the creature’s turn.

On the creature's turn, it can use its action to gaze at a target and force them to make a save but it will fail automatically if the creature isn't looking or they will have a 50% chance to not have to save if they chose to avert their eyes already.