On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4 wrote:
>
> Well I am completely confused on this issue. I have had two types of
> invisibility spells cast on me. One is the magic user type that just shows
> "Invisibility" when you right click on the icon. The second one is the
> "Invisibility to Undead" that clerics and paladins can cast. I was always
> under the impression that our invisibility song functioned like the magic
> user type Invisibility spell and as a result was no good against undead,
> which I assumed had the innate ability to See Invisiblility (otherwise why
> have a distinct spell for it).
Dunno why the difference, but it's always worked against most
undead for me. It doesn't work against *some* undead. I
believe greater skeletons(?) can see through it - even though
they are green and don't attack me anymore, they always /con
ready to attack when I have the song up. But it really really
does work against most undead I've run across (hags, ghouls,
various types of skeletons, etc), and as of my experience last
week, still does, at least at level 30.
> These leads into another question, John stated that sometimes the hag casts
> See Invisibility on the mobs and thats why they still attack you when you
> sing the song. What about other types of mobs? Do any creatures out there
> have the innate ability to See Invisibility or do they have to also cast the
> See Invisibility spell?
If a mob is much higher than you, it can usually see through
invisibility. It seems to depend on the mob though. Early
on, most giants could see through it (haven't tested it
lately), but it worked just fine on griffins. Also, while in
Guk, we found that invisibility cast by a L31 enchanter worked
on the frogs, but invisibility cast by a L19 enchanter didn't.
So the level of the caster/singer is what matters.
My friends who use invisibility potions (10.5pp at an
alchemy/herb shop) say the potions are pretty potent and make
them invisible to lots of things that could see them through
other forms of invisibility.
--
John H. Kim
kim@...