Belt of Invisibility

By John Donoghue (jdonoghue@juno.com)

Level Three Fetish

Gnosis

4

Spirit Affinity

Illusion, Ghost, Hiding

Description

The Belt of Invisibility is a fetish created by the Uktena tribe, though other tribes have been known have their own variations. In most cases, the belt is made of leather and decorated by colored beads. The belt was created to allow the Uktena to do covert surveillance on various groups with more protection. The belt works much the same way as the Gift Invisible. To activate the belt, the user need only to buckle it. Once it is buckled, the user fades out. He doesn't have to be out of sight to engage the belt (though it is usually a good idea), but anyone who watches a person fade out gets a bonus to discover him. The user will remain phased until the belt is unbuckled by the character or some one else. Once buckled and faded, the character is invisible. In addition, the sounds and scent of the belted individual gives off are dulled. The smell is unnoticeable by to a normal sense of smell and sounds such as breathing and walking are dulled to an inaudible level. Talking is not dulled and can be heard quite clearly. If a person does speak, the invisibility is not broken, but any one around has a good reason to make a detection (and a good Idea of were the user is). If the belt's invisibility is penetrated, then only the individual who succeeds can see the person (though a person who has penetrated the invisibility can point out the spot where the belt's user is and they get a bonus to see him). If the successful character looks away for some reason or stops looking at the belt's user, then the user is invisible to her again. If a combat action is taken (only things that are intended to cause damage are combat actions; flicking pennies, tripping and other pranks are not combat actions), the victim can then see the belt's user (only the victim) and is surprised. Also, if a character runs into the user, not just brushing shoulders, the user becomes visible to the person(s) he bumped into. In addition, The player may extend his invisibility to others. With the expenditure of one Gnosis, the user may make another invisible, though they must remain in contact (holding hands or whatever). This will last until contact is broken. A second person will cost two Gnosis and is the limit. The invisibility cannot be extended to non-living object unless done as noted below.

Note: Any item worn or carried by the user is also rendered invisible. If the belt is place around an object other than its owner, say a tree, it becomes invisible according to the same rules as above.