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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 7141111" data-attributes="member: 3887">First off, the idea undead can see invisible people but pretend they can't out of a sense of decorum is brilliant. It invites the question, "what is the etiquette of the dead, and what happens when & if they violate it?" - which I haven't had enough coffee (or maybe bourbon) yet to properly answer. My advice would be to pick an explanation for undead vision and then work out some interesting implications. Quick example: undead see life force. Implication: the closer a person is to dead, the less well undead can see them. So maybe PCs can "hide" from undead via self-inflicted wounds. Maybe it's easier for low-level PCs to "hide" from undead -- i.e. character level = life force -- giving lower-level groups incentive to rob tombs full of more powerful undead they can't win straight-up fights with. This also creates an incentive for higher-level NPCs to hire scrubs for tomb-raiding.This opens up space for custom spells with interesting trade-offs. Like an invisibility to undead spell that works by allowing the target to operate at 0 HP. Maybe you interpret "close to death" more loosely, allowing PCs with debilitating illnesses (but full HP) to conceal themselves from undead. Etc.</blockquote>