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From: oleg@birtch.UUCP (Oleg Kiselev x268)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Invisibility and scrolls
Message-ID: <183@birtch.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 22:41:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 15 22:41:31 1985
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I'd recomend a followng approach:
have more than 1 type of invisibility.
	1) optical invisibility: you are translucent. Penalize speed,
	   initiative ( where was that dagger?), etc. Any offencive
	   action will give opponents a clue to where you are.
	   (this is for game balance, in D&D you just become visible)
	   Spectrum : Does NOT make you invisible in UV and IR spectrums. 
			You still posess smells and make sounds. Objects you pick up
			are visible.
	   Cast on : self.
	2) Mental invisibility : your opponents don't perceive you within
	   a particular range. Their brain "edits" out the iformation about
	   you. An offencife action will reveal you ( where did that dagger
	   come from?!). 
	   Spectrum : You are invisible in all spectrums and plains. 
			Objects you pick up dissappear but iff dissapearance 
			noticed increase a chance for opponents to shake of 
			the spell
	   Cast on : opponents.
	3) illusion of invisibility: suggest that you are not there! Works
	   only on intelligent beings of low to very high intelligence.
	   Dumb things can't understand it, Genius level things can see
	   through it.
	   Spectrum: only material plain. All frequencies and smells. 
			Objects picked up are invisible.
	   Cast on : area.

-- 
-----------------------------------+ With deep indifference,
"I disbelieve an army of invisible |                       Oleg Kiselev.
 mind-flayers!"                    | DISCLAIMER:
"OK. They are *still* not there."  | I don't know what I am talking about and 
-----------------------------------+ therefore am not responsible for any
                                     damages to people who take me seriously!
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