Description: | The creature or object touched vanishes from sight, even from
darkvision. If the recipient is a creature carrying gear, the
gear vanishes, too. If the character casts the spell on someone
else, neither the character nor the character's allies can see
the subject, unless the character can normally see invisible
things or employ magic to do so.
Items dropped or put down by an invisible creature become
visible; items picked up disappear if tucked into the clothing or
pouches worn by the creature. Light, however, never becomes
invisible, although a source of light can become so (thus, the
effect is that of a light with no visible source). Any part of an
item that the subject carries but that extends more than 10 feet
from it becomes visible, such as a trailing rope.
Of course, the subject is not magically silenced, and certain
other conditions can render the recipient detectable (such as
stepping in a puddle). The spell ends if the subject attacks any
creature. For purposes of this spell, an "attack"
includes any spell targeting a foe or whose area or effect
includes a foe. (Exactly who is a foe depends on the invisible
characters perceptions.) Actions directed at unattended
objects do not break the spell. Causing harm indirectly is not an
attack. Thus, an invisible being can open doors, talk, eat, climb
stairs, summon monsters and have them attack, cut the ropes
holding a rope bridge while enemies are on the bridge, remotely
trigger traps, open a portcullis to release attack dogs, and so
forth. If the subject attacks directly, however, it immediately
becomes visible along with all its gear. Note that spells such as
bless that specifically affect allies but not foes are not
attacks for this purpose, even when they include foes in their
area.
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