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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7565943" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>Well, yes. That is what <em>true seeing</em> does. You gave them all "get out of illusion free" cards; now they are getting out of illusions free.</p><p></p><p>Now, truesight does have a few limitations. Chief among them is the fact that it only penetrates magical disguises. The humble disguise kit can fool what the mightiest illusion can't. In addition, truesight does not detect possession or mind control. Any of these would allow an infiltrator to bypass someone with truesight.</p><p></p><p>Then there are the limits of the items the PCs are using. Assuming they are <em>gems of seeing</em> or something similar, they have usage caps: The PCs can't spam <em>true seeing</em> all day long. Cunning foes who are aware of this limitation could harass the PCs: Attack while invisible, retreat as soon as the PCs activate their gems, return an hour later. Repeat until the PCs run out of charges. A couple of NPC abjurers with <em>dispel magic</em> could speed this along by <em>dispelling</em> the <em>true seeing</em> effect. <em>Dispel magic</em> doesn't work on items, but it works just fine on spells cast from items... though a 6th-level spell effect is not easy to dispel; hence the abjurer, who gets proficiency on the check.</p><p></p><p>But you're always going to have to work at it to challenge this party with illusions. There's no real way around that, unless you are willing to strip them of their gear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 7565943, member: 58197"] Well, yes. That is what [i]true seeing[/i] does. You gave them all "get out of illusion free" cards; now they are getting out of illusions free. Now, truesight does have a few limitations. Chief among them is the fact that it only penetrates magical disguises. The humble disguise kit can fool what the mightiest illusion can't. In addition, truesight does not detect possession or mind control. Any of these would allow an infiltrator to bypass someone with truesight. Then there are the limits of the items the PCs are using. Assuming they are [i]gems of seeing[/i] or something similar, they have usage caps: The PCs can't spam [i]true seeing[/i] all day long. Cunning foes who are aware of this limitation could harass the PCs: Attack while invisible, retreat as soon as the PCs activate their gems, return an hour later. Repeat until the PCs run out of charges. A couple of NPC abjurers with [i]dispel magic[/i] could speed this along by [i]dispelling[/i] the [i]true seeing[/i] effect. [i]Dispel magic[/i] doesn't work on items, but it works just fine on spells cast from items... though a 6th-level spell effect is not easy to dispel; hence the abjurer, who gets proficiency on the check. But you're always going to have to work at it to challenge this party with illusions. There's no real way around that, unless you are willing to strip them of their gear. [/QUOTE]
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