Everybody's a bard? and Invisibility Problems

[biotech66]

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I've been playing lots of Pathfinder lately and I ran into two things.
1)Invisibility rules tend to vary. One group I'm with says spells suggestion and cause fear don't affect invisibility, but spells like fireball do. Another group says that any offensive spell dispels invisibility. Here is a feat to fix things.

Invisible Spell-metamagic feat-add +1 to the level of a spell. When you cast a spell that does not directly damage a character, you still remain invisible.

2) I've taken quite a bit of history class and learned that most things can be understood by history. Should you be able to use a knowledge(history) check like bardic knowledge with some penalties? What do you think of this feat?

Historical Perspective-Feat-Based on your study of the histories, you see connections that other do not see-You may use a history check as any other knowledge check with a -4 penalty on the check. This functions in a similar fashion to bardic knowledge.

 

[GMMichael]

Invisible Spell-metamagic: clear rule, because causing damage is pretty objective. But you might have some angry Suggestion casters who want to remain invisible without using a higher-level slot. Maybe you could let them make a Spellcraft or Concentration check (the latter of which isn't listed in PFSRD) to stay invisible. The way I understand it, is that if you do something that would normally draw someone else's attention (besides visually), invisibility ends. Since the target of Suggestion or Cause Fear doesn't really know who's casting it on them (unless they can see the caster), these spells don't end Invisibility.

Knowledge (History) won't help you figure out with whom the Queen is sleeping, or who stole the Lance of Alrexifar. Bardic knowledge will. So...Know History won't tell you the names of people behind current events, but it might give you a list of suspects.

 

[biotech66]

I figured that why why I would give a -1 to the overall check as apposed to bardic knowledge. I see your point though.

For Invisible Spell, I had problems with the Suggestion problem in my game. Some players agree you don't drop invisibility others say you do. Even on Pathfinder forums, its up in the air.