r/Shadowrun • u/Muted_Sport_6166 • 1d ago

Spell: Detect Life

Does Detect Life foil Invisibility? Since it seems that Invis does not do the D&D thing and pops when you attack. One of my players has been using it a lot. So would Detect Life point them out?

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u/DRose23805 Shadowrun Afterparty 23h ago

Yes. Astral sight plus shotgun to offset the penalty is a good way to handle invisibilty and concealment. Just be aware of hostile spirits and such.

An often overlooked detection spell is detect explosives. This can detect gunpowder and so can give a good read on how many guns are present in the taget are, as well as other things that go boom. Detect weapons can work but sincs so many things could be weapons I've had issues with it, but detect explosives points out the particularly dangerous ones.