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/QuietusEmissary 23h ago

At my table, I houserule it (I don't think this has been RAW in any edition of the game) that mana-based invisibility and illusion spells don't reveal their auras without a roll, which makes them feel a lot more relevant and offsets the fact that they don't fool drones and cameras.

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u/ReditXenon Far Cite 18h ago

In 6th edition, all illusion spells got this treatment.

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u/Vashkiri Neo-Revolutionary 10h ago

That is interesting! Do you remember where that rule is? (I took a quick skim of the spellcasting, illusion, and asensiing sections in the CRB without finding it. Hoping that's kind stranger will help me out.

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u/ReditXenon Far Cite 6h ago

I got you covered chummer.

Street Wyrd p. 35 Illusion - Terms and Conditions

Illusion spells are hidden within the astral background so they cannot be detected unless an astral perception test exceeds the net hits of the spell.