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Does the cloak of non-detection cause the thief to be invisible?

francofranco Member Posts: 507
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Does wearing the cloak of non-detection cause the NPC or PC to be invisible? If not, what advantages does it give to the character?

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  • mashedtatersmashedtaters Member Posts: 2,266
    It casts a permanent non-detection spell on the person who's wearing it. That doesn't mean that you become invisible. It means that if an enemy casts true sight or an invisibilty-detecting spell while you ARE ALREADY invisible (or sneaking) the spell won't work. If you're sneaking around with your character against mages, it can prove useful, but most mages you face in BG won't use those spells.

    I have never found that cloak to be practical, but I hold on to it because I think its a cool idea. Its about the role-playing for me.
  • DrugarDrugar Member Posts: 1,566
    It does not.
    It makes the character immune to Detect Invisibility and the like, mostly useful in BG2 where wizards cast True Seeing as soon as an invisible character comes within range (they're pyschic, apparently).
  • francofranco Member Posts: 507
    @Drugar. Thanks for the information. Is the "True Seeing" you describe similar to the special ability given to some Paladins?

  • francofranco Member Posts: 507
    @mashedtatters thanks for the help. Incidentally, I used to love mashed potatters with plenty of butter. Now that I can't have the butter, I add flax oil. Thanks again.
  • DrugarDrugar Member Posts: 1,566
    No, that is Detect Evil.
    I'm not sure about the specifics, but if I recall correctly the cloak should also make you immune to that.
    It provides immunity from any Detection spells, which Detect Evil is one of.

    True Seeing dispels any and all illusions, phantasms and glamers in sight of the caster, removing Mirror Image, Invisibility, etc. Inquisitors get it as a class power, otherwise it's a 5th level spell.
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  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    The sad thing is, non-detetion is *really* underpowered in the baldur's gate series.
  • ZanathKariashiZanathKariashi Member Posts: 2,869
    edited April 2013
    Only because the majority of divination spells it protects against aren't implemented. Works vs most divination spells up to about 3th level or so, except know alignment which is specifically excluded, and doesn't protect against creatures with an innate ability to see through invisibility, and it technically shouldn't be perfect protection, the caster of the divination is actually supposed to get a save vs spells to ignore it. It actually shouldn't work against true-seeing at all, spell or item-based, since true-seeing specifically mentions by-passing it.
  • mashedtatersmashedtaters Member Posts: 2,266
    franco said:

    @mashedtatters thanks for the help. Incidentally, I used to love mashed potatters with plenty of butter. Now that I can't have the butter, I add flax oil. Thanks again.

    Flax oil...I'm sorry to hear that, man. Mashed potatoes just aren't the same without butter.

  • francofranco Member Posts: 507
    @mashedtaters. I know, I know.
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