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<blockquote data-quote="Hawk Diesel" data-source="post: 7219238" data-attributes="member: 59848">Here's my 2 copper pieces. Anyone remember the video where you're instructed to count the passes with a bunch of kids tossing each other basketballs? Then afterwards the teacher asks who noticed the guy in the gorilla costume walk in the middle of the scene and you're like &quot;Wtf you talking about?&quot; And then the teacher replays it and sure enough a guy in a gorilla suit walks in the middle, even stops to wave at the camera, the slowly walks out of frame.My point here is that wasn't even an illusion and a significant number of people don't see the ape if they don't expect it. So in D&amp;D, I would say even with interaction there's a lot that could go unnoticed if people are focusing on something else and people are not prepared.Guard duty is boring and tedious. It would take WAY more than an out-of-place bush to get someone's attention. I mean, think about driving to and from work. How much stuff happens that goes under your radar because you're on autopilot? My point is that as a DM, unless the illusion is outrageous or SUPER obvious, an NPC would never even pay it mind, let alone spend energy to investigate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hawk Diesel, post: 7219238, member: 59848"] Here's my 2 copper pieces. Anyone remember the video where you're instructed to count the passes with a bunch of kids tossing each other basketballs? Then afterwards the teacher asks who noticed the guy in the gorilla costume walk in the middle of the scene and you're like "Wtf you talking about?" And then the teacher replays it and sure enough a guy in a gorilla suit walks in the middle, even stops to wave at the camera, the slowly walks out of frame. My point here is that wasn't even an illusion and a significant number of people don't see the ape if they don't expect it. So in D&D, I would say even with interaction there's a lot that could go unnoticed if people are focusing on something else and people are not prepared. Guard duty is boring and tedious. It would take WAY more than an out-of-place bush to get someone's attention. I mean, think about driving to and from work. How much stuff happens that goes under your radar because you're on autopilot? My point is that as a DM, unless the illusion is outrageous or SUPER obvious, an NPC would never even pay it mind, let alone spend energy to investigate. [/QUOTE]

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