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Message no. 1
From: Niels Broberg <ncb@***.KU.DK>
Subject: Laser detection vs. Invisibility
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 09:05:27 +0100
Just a little question:
My players asked me the last time we played what happens if you're using
walking down the hallway with a invisibility spell(cast on yourself) and you
walk through the laser detection from NAGRL or CSHB.

If it's just the normal invisibility spell I guess it doesn't matter, but
what if it's Improved Inv. It says something about making you undetectable
by technical means ??


Just wondering

Niels Broberg - ncb@***.ku.dk
Message no. 2
From: Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Laser detection vs. Invisibility
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 23:16:09 +0930
Niels Broberg wrote:
>
> Just a little question:
> My players asked me the last time we played what happens if you're using
> walking down the hallway with a invisibility spell(cast on yourself) and you
> walk through the laser detection from NAGRL or CSHB.
>
> If it's just the normal invisibility spell I guess it doesn't matter, but
> what if it's Improved Inv. It says something about making you undetectable
> by technical means ??

I play the Improved Invisibility spell by saying it:
a) warps light rays around you; and
b) gives you magical vision to get around the slight fact that you
wouldn't be able to see.

The ultimate effect is meant to be something like the chameleon effect of
"Predator" armour.

What does this mean? Well, the warping of the light rays changes the
distance they travel, and that, according to NAGRL, can set off the more
sophistcated laser detection systems.

--
Robert Watkins bob@**.ntu.edu.au
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