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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 564479" data-attributes="member: 1656">The rules do state that you can make an attack against a target you can't see.  You choose a square, and roll a 50% miss chance.There's nothing to stop a paranoid deciding to attack a square at random against the possibility that there's an invisible creature there.  If he happens to be right, good for him.  No Spot check required.  The Spot check would confirm the presence of a creature, but the paranoid doesn't need proof, he just needs a hunch.  An extremely good Spot check would confirm the location of the creature.  The paranoid doesn't need to know that - he can take a guess and swing.The mechanic for making an attack against a non-pinpointed invisible creature is clear.  An AoO is an attack.  Voila.  A mechanic for making an AoO against a non-pinpointed invisible creature.Spot or Listen would remove the need to guess the square, sure."You can make a Spot check every time you have an opportunity to notice something in a reactive manner."Elves and half-elves get Spot bonuses because of their keen senses.  Plural.Spot may be described somewhere as being a purely visual skill, but if it is, I don't know where...With Scent, a character would know where the invisible creature is... but how does Scent help him know a weapon is being sheathed?  Your treatment of AoOs requires him to perceive the action that provokes the AoO, and Scent won't help.-Hyp.</blockquote>

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