Invisibility

Magic-user 2

Range. Touch

Duration. Special

Area of Effect. Creature touched

Illusion/Phantasm

Components. V, S, M

Casting Time. 2s

Saving Throw. None

This spell causes the recipient to vanish from sight and not be detectable by normal vision or even infravision.

Of course, the invisible creature is not magically silenced with respect to noises normal to it. The spell remains in effect until it is magically broken or dispelled, or the magic-user or the other recipient cancels it or until he, she or it attacks any creature.

Thus, the spell caster or recipient could open doors, talk, eat, climb stairs, etc., but if any form of attack is made, the invisible creature immediately becomes visible, although this will allow the first attack by the creature because of the former invisibility.

Even the allies of the spell recipient cannot see the invisible creature, or his, her or its gear, unless these allies can normally see invisible things or employ magic to do so.

Note that all highly intelligent creatures with 10 or more hit dice, or levels of experience, or the equivalent in Intelligence/dice/levels have a chance to automatically detect invisible objects.

The material components of the invisibility spell are an eyelash and a bit of gum arabic, the former encased in the latter.

See the INVISIBILITY section under THE ADVENTURE.

Campaign Rule. Items picked up and placed in an invisible container will themselves become invisible. Any object similarly totally enveloped by an invisible creature will become invisible assuming the GM considers it "gear". (Avoiding the strangeness of what occurs when an invisible creature consumes something). Creatures are never "gear" and cannot be hidden using an invisible container (although a separate invisibility spell could render them invisible). Light and darkness, like heat and other types of radiation do not become invisible although the source might (magic sword, torch, etc.). Actions that break the invisibility spell must cause direct damage/harm to the target. eg. Summoning monsters that attack won't break the spell, creating a wall of fire where no creature is immediately damaged won't break the spell, creating an illusion of creatures that enter melee that never strike their opponent won't break the spell.

Illusionist 2

Range. Touch

Duration. Special

Area of Effect. Creature touched

Illusion/Phantasm

Components. V, S

Casting Time. 2s

Saving Throw. None

Except as noted above, this spell is the same as the second level magic-user spell, invisibility (q.v.).

Polyhedron #25, Dispel Confusion, p.28: ADQ: Can invisibility be cast on inanimate objects? If so, can it make light radiated from such objects invisible also?ADA: Invisibility only affects a recipient creature; objects are only affected if they are "gear" of the invisible creature. No creature can be the "gear" of another; one invisibility spell affects only one life force. As to light — well, that's a sticky one, and left to the DM's option. We recommend that all light becomes visible once it leaves the light source, even though such a source could itself be invisible. (Note: See Issue #3 for more notes on invisibility:)

Dragon #154, Sage Advice. Q. Can the recipient of the second-level magic-user spell invisibility see himself? Does an object dropped by the recipient become visible? Does an object picked up by the recipient become invisible? The book says that any attack will end the invisibility; does this include the casting of any spell or just attack spells?A. The recipient of an invisibility spell is invisible even to himself. Any equipment carried by a creature at the time the spell is cast becomes invisible with the creature. If the creature puts an item down, the item becomes visible, but if an invisible creature picks up a visible object, the object stays visible. Non-damaging spells will not make the recipient visible, but any action intended to harm another creature will.

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