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Cloak of Invisibility Coming Soon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i've-heard-that-before dept.

davaguco writes "It seems that we will finally be able to make ourselves invisible" It seems like this story resurfaces every few months and then gets submitted a zillion times so here it is. Personally I'm still waiting for my cloak of evasion. 20% miss chance is awesome.

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  1. Apparently not quite reality yet by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the end of TFA: So far the researchers have only worked through the mathematics to prove that the device is plausible. The practicalities of making one have yet to be solved.

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    SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
  2. Re:Actually invisibility gives 50% miss chance by godscent · · Score: 4, Informative

    I assume CmdrTaco is talking about some other game. In D&D, evasion doesn't provide any kind of miss chance. It allows you to take less damage on certain attacks when making a successful reflex saving throw.

    Also, there is no cloak of evasion. There is a ring of evasion, though.