[RPG] ny visible “signature” at the destination of a Teleport spell

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During today's session, the Bad Guy used Scrying to spy on the party (as the Bad Guy has met the party before), and then used a Teleport spell to send some monsters to attack them. I wasn't sure how to describe the monsters appearing; the spell just says the targets "appear where you want to". Is there a flash of light, or a sound, or anything? Or just suddenly and silently they're just there?

The main reason I want to know is to figure out whether there's some indication that the party's Wizard could use to help determine that the reason the monsters appeared was a Teleport spell, as opposed to some other form of magic (or something that was just inherently part of how those monsters behaved).

I could certainly just make up an answer, or allow some sort of Arcana check for identifying what the cause was, I just wanted to know if there was any precedent (perhaps from other editions) that I should be aware of before just making something up.

Best Answer

There is no set visual or audible cue defined in the spell, so it is left up to the player and DM to figure out what spell effects look like.

However, there is a way to identify magical effects: the Arcana skill.

Arcana. Your Intelligence (Arcana) check measures your ability to recall lore about spells, magic items, eldritch symbols, magical traditions, the planes of existence, and the inhabitants of those planes.