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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anguish" data-source="post: 5549626" data-attributes="member: 27032">It really depends on how you look at the mechanics.  If the person with see invisibility were instead a dragon, you'd never question the ability to see the invisible target.  The dragon can "just see" stuff that's invisible, right?  No magic involved.  If you view see invisibility as a spell that alters the recipient so that recipient can also "just see" stuff that's invisible, they'd also have no problem.  On the other hand, if you apply simulationist mechanics, and start imagining a sonar effect where light doesn't get altered by the invisible target and that see invisibility shoots out some sort of ray that does reveal the target, then there's a problem.In the end, since the spell is a divination I'd say it modifies your ability to see such that you have knowledge you wouldn't otherwise have.  You don't need magical line-of-effect any more than you would if there was a wall of force between you and the invisible target.  You aren't emitting, projecting, or otherwise actively sending anything that would get blocked.That being said, the DM's ruling is also reasonable.  It's just not the one I think I'd probably come up with.</blockquote>