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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7486893" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I am not sure it is correct to interpret this as meaning that the target must be wearing carrying the invisible item at the time the spell is cast.  I could see going both ways.  1. Only items carried at time spell cast are invisible and if they are removed from the invisible target's person, the items are no longer invisible.This fits with the common movie and TV tropes. You go invisible but then when you carry something it hovers in the air. You can smudge paint on your face.  But in those depictions, this is usually because only the targets physical body, not clothes or held items are invisible. The invisible man had to go nude to be invisible.  The plus side it is makes it easier to detect the invisible creature by throwing flour in the air, rain, etc.  But it also means that the invislbe thief can't, say, hide a stolen gem. You would just have a floating gem moving about. 2. Anything on the target's person is/becomes invisible for the duration. This allows a player to take something--like a letter, gem, etc.--and make it invisible. It also does not completely nerf the flour in the air trick, because even though the flour turns invisible when it hits the invisible creature's body, their will be a more obvious distortion. Reading over this list and thinking about it, I've come to realize that I prefer option two. I like to think of invisibility is similar to Predator or Skyrim. You can, if paying attention, notice a distortion. It makes it hard to hid and very hard to see if the invisible creature is hiding. While you are invisible, whatever you carry is invisible. Both interpretations raise some interesting questions. I'll assume the first interpretation, only that which is on your person when invisibility is cast on you is also made invisible. 1. You are holding a torch when invisibility is cast on you. Is the torch now invisible?  Does it still cast light? Or is the light "leaving" your person?  Same with the heat. Also the smoke would be visible because it is leaving your person. I would rule that you could see the flame and smoke, but not the torch itself. 2. You are holding an injured comrade. Can a "person" be on your person? If you give someone a piggyback ride, can you have two party members made invisible for the price of one? Per the RAW, a person is something you can carry. I would say yes. Think of the fun you could have with a party made up of a Goliath and four gnomes. 3. Are you invisible to yourself? I would say, either "no" or that you see a translucent glowing version of yourself.</blockquote>

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