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<blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 6593371" data-attributes="member: 6776887"><p>So in this explanation:</p><p></p><p>What is really going on:</p><p>The room is lit by a single torch. The torch has an illusion of a box around it. The "true" state of the illusion is fairly translucent and is the state of the illusion after a successful investigation check. (Sorry for using both "transparent" and "translucent". I caught that for most of them and meant "translucent.")</p><p></p><p>What the viewer sees from outside the room looking in but not in line of sight to the torch or the box illusion surrounding it:</p><p>A lit room with some decent shadows in it. (because the light comes from the single torch)</p><p></p><p>What the viewer sees on entering the room:</p><p>No light source and a box on the wall.</p><p></p><p>What clues the viewer might pick up that something weird is going on:</p><p>All the shadows in the room point to the box being the light source. Looking at the box causes the pupils to constrict a bit. Looking away from the box, the room seems darker for a bit until the pupils dilate back to "normal."</p><p></p><p>After the successful Intelligence (Investigation) check the box becomes translucent, and the viewer can see the torch and figure out what is going on. It is much like someone who has seen a particular optical illusion before knowing how to switch from seeing the bent lines to knowing how to focus on a portion to validate the lines are straight. Even if the person knows they are looking at an optical illusion and how to beat it, the first instant they see it usually results in the illusion taking effect before they focus on it the right way.</p><p></p><p>And, hey, auto fail because: magic. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> But even in D&D we have those who are not instantly fooled. Those with blindsight, truesight, and tremorsense look through it like it is not even there and might not even be <em>able</em> to perceive the illusion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tormyr, post: 6593371, member: 6776887"] So in this explanation: What is really going on: The room is lit by a single torch. The torch has an illusion of a box around it. The "true" state of the illusion is fairly translucent and is the state of the illusion after a successful investigation check. (Sorry for using both "transparent" and "translucent". I caught that for most of them and meant "translucent.") What the viewer sees from outside the room looking in but not in line of sight to the torch or the box illusion surrounding it: A lit room with some decent shadows in it. (because the light comes from the single torch) What the viewer sees on entering the room: No light source and a box on the wall. What clues the viewer might pick up that something weird is going on: All the shadows in the room point to the box being the light source. Looking at the box causes the pupils to constrict a bit. Looking away from the box, the room seems darker for a bit until the pupils dilate back to "normal." After the successful Intelligence (Investigation) check the box becomes translucent, and the viewer can see the torch and figure out what is going on. It is much like someone who has seen a particular optical illusion before knowing how to switch from seeing the bent lines to knowing how to focus on a portion to validate the lines are straight. Even if the person knows they are looking at an optical illusion and how to beat it, the first instant they see it usually results in the illusion taking effect before they focus on it the right way. And, hey, auto fail because: magic. ;) But even in D&D we have those who are not instantly fooled. Those with blindsight, truesight, and tremorsense look through it like it is not even there and might not even be [I]able[/I] to perceive the illusion. [/QUOTE]
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