See Invisible

Cost: 15 points

See Invisible is an exotic physical advantage that grants the ability to see a specific form of invisibility.

Special Modifiers

Special Enhancements

• True Sight (+50%): "vision can penetrate all deceptions related to the type of invisibility you can foil, including camouflage, disguises, and illusions."

Special Limitations

• Exclusive from PP17 is actually two categories:
  • Partially Exclusive
  • Completely Exclusive

Forms

• See Invisible (unparenthesized) is suggested on P127 for Electrokinesis and ESP, P129 for Illusion, P130 for Light
  • presumably when no source/category/type is specified this defaults to mean Electromagnetic Vision, or it could mean that any variety could be purchased reasonably under the power
• See Invisible (Ghosts) is suggested under Astral Projection power on P123, and P134 for Spirit Control
  • this is a descriptive category, per Horror
• See Invisible (Magical) is suggested under Anti-Magic
• See Invisible (Psionic) is suggested under Anti-Psi
• See Invisible (Spirit)
  • this is a power source, per Horror
• See Invisible (Super) is suggested under Anti-Super

P72 expanded with a new option: "must choose either one of the descriptive categories under Invisibility (p. 56) or a particular power source" " H18 mentions the need to specify either:

• type of perception (ie Sonar)
• power source (ie Spirit)
• descriptive category (ie Ghosts)

"If he selects a source, then all that matters is the power modifier on Invisibility"

H39 the Mystic Practitioner includes "See Invisible (any)"

H75 the Minion includes "See Invisible [15]"

H82 the Witch includes "See Invisible (Spirit) [15]"

Ghost problems

Since spirits are often insubstantial in addition to being invisible, they can easily jump through (or into) walls/floors to use as cover to obstruct sight.

To adapt to that would require other countermeasures, such as:

• Clairsentience (advantage): using Clairvoyance to teleport one's vision to other localities, skirting cover
• Scanning Sense (to detect spirits behind cover)
• Penetrating Vision

Alternatives

• forms of invisibility which are Substantial Only (effectively give See Invisible for free to Insubstantial creatures)
• Senses that detect something else such as Sonar or Vibration Sense
• Dark Vision (Hypersensory enhancement)
• Blind Fighting skill: fight invisible foes without seeing them
• take Affects Substantial on Night Vision or Dark Vision, per B118 Spectral Vision metatrait.

See Also

• Invisibility
• Selective Area
• Spirits
• True Sight (Alchemy Elixir)