ciaran00
Explorer
D&D, through most or all of its iterations, has no respect for privacy. More importantly, it fails to correctly address magic-enabled privacy.
In our game, most divination effects are anti-effect effects, that is, they must defeat what they are attempting to detect (much like a dispel magic would) before they can.
True Sight always seemed odd to me, especially when it renders ninth level Illusions useless. The rule itself comes from a DM's frustration of true sight against a Gold Dragon's polymorphing ability (this is back in 2e). No way in hell a 10th level priest should be able to casually "detect" a polymorphed dragon.
If used, I suggest that anti-effect be assigned on a case-by-case basis.
ciaran
In our game, most divination effects are anti-effect effects, that is, they must defeat what they are attempting to detect (much like a dispel magic would) before they can.
True Sight always seemed odd to me, especially when it renders ninth level Illusions useless. The rule itself comes from a DM's frustration of true sight against a Gold Dragon's polymorphing ability (this is back in 2e). No way in hell a 10th level priest should be able to casually "detect" a polymorphed dragon.
If used, I suggest that anti-effect be assigned on a case-by-case basis.
ciaran
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