invisibility

[dsatow]

It has been discussed that if you have an obvious focus and you use invisibility, the focus would stay visible. 

 

Let's start with what I think I know the answer to.  Does that apply to items like armor?  IE a mage uses invisibility UoO on a knight.  Does the knight's armor(OIF) become invisible?

 

Next the real question:  What if the invisibility is an area of effect (like say surface)?  If the area of effect coats the knight and his armor, is the armor invisible?

[Steve Long]

If the Focus is Obvious, it stays visible. That includes armor (an OIF) and virtually any item a character is carrying. It doesn't matter if the Invisibility applies over an Area Of Effect, is Usable By Others, or any other thing -- the only issue is whether the Focus is Obvious.

 

Of course, this comes with the usual caveat that the GM can change the rules if he thinks it's desireable to do so. He might rule that worn items are covered by Invisibility, or that they're "semi-covered" so that another person has to make a Sight PER Roll at -4 to see them. Going the other way, he might also rule that "items" defined with, say, Only In Heroic Identity or Physical Manifestation are also "Obvious" enough that Invisibility won't cover them.