New Posts For Thread: Invisible things cast shadows? But charmed is charming.http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29141733/Invisible_things_cast_shadows_But_charmed_is_charming.Page 14 of the How To Play document explains that an invisible creature "can still be detected by the noise it makes, the tracks it leaves, or the shadow it casts." I really hope that I'm not the only person that thinks that's completely absurd. YeahKnowing how to look for an invisible creature is different from finding one in all cases when one is present, especially when one is not expected. You explain a success with such information; you can't leverage a definite success from knowing how tohttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29141733/Invisible_things_cast_shadows_But_charmed_is_charming.?post_id=520224135#520224135Knowing how to look for an invisible creature is different from finding one in all cases when one is present, especially when one is not expected. You explain a success with such information; you can't leverage a definite success from knowing how toTue, 29 May 2012 18:22:34 -0500Just for fun ;)http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29141733/Invisible_things_cast_shadows_But_charmed_is_charming.?post_id=520221641#520221641Just for fun ;)Tue, 29 May 2012 17:08:31 -0500I've seen this said a bunch of times, so let's make a short list of times when invisibility is still helpful even though you cast a shadow: Anytime your shadow is obscured by the shadow of something bigger, for example a building. Anytime the outlinehttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29141733/Invisible_things_cast_shadows_But_charmed_is_charming.?post_id=520202747#520202747I've seen this said a bunch of times, so let's make a short list of times when invisibility is still helpful even though you cast a shadow: Anytime your shadow is obscured by the shadow of something bigger, for example a building. Anytime the outlineTue, 29 May 2012 09:43:03 -0500I like “shadows” as a fluffy reason for visual irregularities. Some items can mention it in the flavor text. A spell like Wind Walk might mention “whispy tenrils of fog” or some such for the flavor of its visual irregularity.Ahttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29141733/Invisible_things_cast_shadows_But_charmed_is_charming.?post_id=520201911#520201911I like “shadows” as a fluffy reason for visual irregularities. Some items can mention it in the flavor text. A spell like Wind Walk might mention “whispy tenrils of fog” or some such for the flavor of its visual irregularity.ATue, 29 May 2012 09:23:06 -0500Outside of that one Dr. Who episode, who ever bothers to count shadows?http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/29141733/Invisible_things_cast_shadows_But_charmed_is_charming.?post_id=520201041#520201041Outside of that one Dr. Who episode, who ever bothers to count shadows?Tue, 29 May 2012 09:02:13 -0500