Level: Psion 2
Manifestation Time: 1 action
Range: Personal or touch
Area: Several living creatures, no two of which are more than 15 ft. apart
Target: You or a creature or object weighing no more than 100 lb./level
Duration: 10 minutes
Saving: Must beat my DC in order for others to see.
Power Points: 3
The creature or object touched vanishes from sight, even from darkvision. If the recipient is a creature carrying gear, the gear vanishes, too. If you manifest the power on someone else, neither you nor your allies can see the subject, unless you can normally see invisible things or employ psionics to do so. Items dropped or put down by an invisible creature become visible; items picked up disappear if tucked into the clothing or pouches worn by the creature. Light, however, never becomes invisible, although a source of light can become so (thus, the effect is that of a light with no visible source). Any part of an item that the subject carries but that extends more than 10 feet from her becomes visible, such as a trailing rope. Of course, the subject is not magically silenced, and certain other conditions can render the recipient detectable (such as stepping in a puddle). The power ends if the subject attacks any creature. For purposes of this power, an “attack” includes any power targeting a foe or whose area or effect includes a foe. (Exactly who is a foe depends on the invisible character's perceptions.) Actions directed at unattended objects do not negate the power. Causing harm indirectly is not an attack. Thus, an invisible being can open doors, talk, eat, climb stairs, fashion an astral construct and have it attack for her, cut the ropes holding a rope bridge while enemies are on the bridge, remotely trigger traps, open a portcullis to release attack dogs, and so on. If she attacks directly, however, she immediately becomes visible along with all her gear. Note that powers that specifically affect allies but not foes are not attacks for this purpose, even when they include foes in their area. An invisible attacker gains a +2 bonus on his attack roll (for the single attack, either melee or ranged, that he is allowed before becoming visible), and the defender against such an attack loses any Dexterity bonus to Armor Class.
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