Heh, Gibs see invis to undead. Period. =)

Robin Wise 3 wrote:

> Taken from the everquest.com Gameplay forum, Abashi's thread "Necromancers
> and Feign Death: Decision"... this is Abashi responding to some responses to
> his post:
>
> ***
> Notice it says no ´┐¢direct save´┐¢. This means they don´┐¢t roll versus feign.
> What they get is what amounts to an intelligence check, which every creature
> gets for these ´┐¢I´┐¢m going to fool you so you don´┐¢t attack me´┐¢ abilities and
> spells. It's a very low chance. All cases of direct saves have a much higher
> percentage of the creature saving.
> ***
>
> What this seems to be saying is that any spell/effect which "fools"
> creatures can be overcome by an intelligence check. Since invisibility
> "fools" monsters into thinking you're not there, it seems to me this would
> account for the reason invisibility (whether bardic or from a caster) fails
> occasionally.
>
> I've been in situations where I was attacked (e.g.) by GIBS in Lower Guk,
> when my Invis to Undead was still up (well, until they hit me), or where
> (e.g.) I was attacked by silly lil' ice gobbies in Permafrost while my
> (druid-cast) invisibility was still up (well, until they hit me).
>
> Anyways, just thought I might have found, accidentally, a reason for one of
> the great mysteries of EQ life - why did they attack me when I was
> invisible?
>
> Aloro Silvertongue (E'ci)
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