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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 711486" data-attributes="member: 259">Guard dogs.Invisibility doesn't cover up your scent, and it shouldn't be a difficult trick at all to get a dog to growl and bark when someone smelly and audible but not visible approaches.  On the contrary, getting a dog NOT to freak out around invisible creatures would be the challenge.Slightly more difficult would be to train a dog to attack an invisible opponent.  But you could still do it.If there's a rash of robberies, shopkeepers ought to start bringing their dogs to the store with them.  And they'll probably get together and hire a wizard to patrol the streets.Or a druid.  Druids can wildshape into bats, who (via blindsight) can see invisible opponents all the time.As for combat:Definitely remember that activating the ring takes a standard action, and that attacking someone makes the wearer visible.  That's one sneak attack/2 rounds, not a huge deal.And intelligent opponents can make it much more difficult, by readying an action against Mr. Invisibility.  Here's what you do:"I ready an action to trip that invisible bastard as soon as he appears!"  (or grab him, or cast a spell on him, or simply attack him).Technically, events will go down like this:-Readied guy readies an action as above.-Invisible guy decides to attack.-Readied guy's readied action goes off.-Readied guy attacks visible guy (who has not yet turned visible).-Invisible guy attacks; still invisible, he does sneak-attack damage.-Invisible guy turns visible.Goofy, eh?  Welcome to the wonderful world of readied actions.  (to make it make more sense, you can easily rule that in this case, the readied action goes off just after its triggering event begins -- i.e., after the rogue has made his attack).Good readied actions include:-Grab him! (so that he can't turn invisible and escape)-Cast faerie fire on him!-Throw a tanglefoot bag on him!-Do something else that limits his mobility or his ability to turn invisible!A ring of invisibility is definitely a nice item, but an enemy who's expecting it can defeat it with a little bit of tactics.Daniel</blockquote>

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