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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nathreet" data-source="post: 4385029" data-attributes="member: 73449">Goggles of the night: 3 x 2 x 2000gp x 1 (duration = 1 hour/level) = 12,000gp. These are priced exactly according to the pricing guidelines. Note that shorter duration spells cost more when making unlimited use magic items. spot check vs invisiblity: No, you cannot actually see an invisible creature with a spot check. It's a +20 to the DC to notice an invisible person, but you still have no clue which 5' square he's in (you notice something somewhere in that general direction). Add another 20 to know which 5 foot square he's in (+40!), and even then you get the 50% miss chance because you still can't see him. invisiblity vs. hide in plain site: Invisiblity has the advantage of letting you go anywhere without being seen. As I mentioned in a previous post, you cannot use hide in plain site to hide right in front of an enemy, unless you are in an area of shadowy illumination, fog or otherwise having a source of partial concealment. Hiding always requires partial concealment or partial cover. Plus attacking said enemy gives you a -20 to your hide check. Normally you can't jump behind a bush while someone is watching. He'll still know where you are even if you're great at hiding. Hide in plain sight removes that restriction. That's it! It's not actually all that special and it's nothing like invisibility. I had a HiPS build before, but the more carefully I've looked at the rules the more I realize that it's better to just get some kind of invisibility. And if some people can counter it sometimes under certain circumstances (unless you counter the counter, etc., etc.) then wonderful, that's part of what makes a game good. [sblock=core and balance (tangent)]Most complaints about imbalance in core come from comparing apples to oranges. Granted, an apple might be better than an orange, but when you want this orange or that orange, core is remarkably well balanced in that regard. Then the difference between the two oranges usually exists only in the mind of certain people. And this shouldn't be a surprise, what with all the playtesting they did of all the rules, when most experienced players still don't understand a lot of rules.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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