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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jontherev" data-source="post: 155525" data-attributes="member: 1451">Re: True Strike: Seeing the future.He does gain insight...DURING the attack.  After shooting an arrow off into an area where no enemies are, he feels a sense of stupidity for casting a spell that would help him attack a target he was HOPING existed.  That is his insight.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />For 12.5 gp and 1 exp, who wouldn't stockpile these scrolls and cast just before entering just about every single room of a dungeon?  Or the party buys a few wands of true strike and the arcane archer of the group takes a shot every time he enters a room just in case.  Much cheaper than raising dead party members from ambushes.What confuses me is how you guys are proposing this to work.  After you shoot/make the attack, you no longer control what happens (sorry, no remote control arrows<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />).  Therefore, it sure sounds like you guys are proposing that sometime during the attack (must be the beginning) you are given awareness somehow of an invisible enemy AND exactly where this enemy is, even with no previous knowledge of an enemy.  Otherwise, there's no way this would work.  The arrow is not enchanted, so you must be shooting it precisely where it will be going (i.e. the arrow does not zig-zag around until it finds an invisible foe like some Invisibility heat-seeking missile).  Therefore, I conclude that since the spell does not mention anything about enemy detection, this won't work.  You need a target, and one that you can pinpoint (ranged or melee).  Read the 'Seeking' ability in S&F for a similar rule.  I don't have my book w/me, but I'd be really interested to know if True Strike is the spell used in the enhancement.</blockquote>

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