Invisibility and Mud

[Hypersmurf]

An invisible sorcerer wades through knee-deep mud, moves back onto dry land, and carries on.

Is the mud on his legs now visible? It hasn't been "tucked into clothing"...

-Hyp.

 

[AuraSeer]

If you let the mud remain visible, you imply that invisibility can be nullified by nonmagical means (e.g., flinging sacks of flour into the air). That's how we play it IMC, but some DMs think that makes invisibility too weak.

[Edited because I said "i.e." when I meant "e.g."]

 

[andargor]

Does that mean we can't enjoy invisible female mud wrestling?

Sorry, I *had* to ask

Andargor

 

[Dash Dannigan]

Personally, I see no reason why anyone would allow invisibility to ONLY be nullified by magial means alone. Besides the spell itself clarifies that exterior objects only turn invisible when tucked into the clothing or pockets of the invisible character. Unless the mud is getting tucked into a pocket or covered with a jacket...heh.

I agree with Auraseer and I wonder at other DMs who do this differently. According to the letter of the spell text, they are making Invisibility perhaps more powerful.

edit-as a second note the sorcerer in question could take off his boots and hike up his pant legs and wade thru the mud and then placing his boots back on to conceal the mud

 

[Dr_Rictus]

The answers to so many questions are in the DMG if only people would look (in this case, in the ability description of invisibility, on pp. 78-79).

If an invisible creature picks up an object, or becomes coated in a substance, that object or substance are not rendered invisible. The example of a sack of flour is specifically mentioned.

Dissenters, away with you to House Rules where you belong.

 

[Dr_Rictus]

edit-as a second note the sorcerer in question could take off his boots and hike up his pant legs and wade thru the mud and then placing his boots back on to conceal the mud

Yes, that would probably work. A visible object becomes invisible if it is secreted on the invisible creature's person, rather than simple being picked up by him or stuck to him. Again, DMG, p. 79.

 

[Spatzimaus]

Hmm, okay, our hypothetical Sorcerer hikes up his dress, I mean robe, while he wades through the mud. His legs and feet get coated in the mud. Once he's out of the mud he puts the robe back down, covering his muddy legs. Now he's entirely invisible again.

BUT, if he lifts the robe up again, would the mud be visible again? If he dismissed the invisibility and re-cast it, wouldn't the mud now be invisible since he was wearing it when the spell was cast?

If an invisible Sorcerer took off his clothes, they'd become visible again, but anything he put on would stay visible, right? After all, he's not tucking them into anything...

Fun with invisibility!

 

[RigaMortus]

One time, at band camp...

The DM threw some Invis. Stalkers at us. The Cleric created water above them (once we pin-pointed them) and I used Prestidigitation to change the color of the water to florescent blue. He ruled that we no longer had to guess the spot the stalker was in (as we could see most of it now) but we still had a miss chance, although it was less than 50%.

 

[Darklone]

The sorcerer could cast Prestidigitation and be clean again?

 

[Golandrinel]

Hmmm.

I would say that the mud (flour etc etc etc) would be seen as it was not in contact with spell recipient at the time of casting. However, what happenes when an invisible character pick an item up, say a coin? Does it float around in the air until he puts it in his invisible pocket or behind his invisible cloak? Or does it just disappear?