Invisible Helmets and Shots to the Eye

[dcarson]

I'd paint the helmet so it doesn't look invisible, just a mainly open face look so it doesn't block vision. That means they don't resort to invisible helmet tactics against you for a couple rounds at least.

[Polkageist]

This is just turning into designing a fantasy motorcycle helmet

[WhiteLily]

Originally Posted by Polkageist

This is just turning into designing a fantasy motorcycle helmet

Which is kind of awesome now that you mention it.

[Polkageist]

I was trying to think of what a fantasy motorcycle is but I realize it's a riding-velociraptor

[corwyn]

Originally Posted by b-dog

Well placed no mana zones would make an invisible helmet face plate sort of a pain in the butt.

Not to be overused since it cripples entire professions.

[Imbicatus]

Originally Posted by Polkageist

I was trying to think of what a fantasy motorcycle is but I realize it's a riding-velociraptor

Or a flying carpet/chariot/broom.

[ArchonShiva]

Painting the face plate means you no longer get out of No Peripheral Vision, though.

On the topic of NMZ, I feel like the important thing is managing expectations. They don’t cripple your wizard or bard any worse than social situations cripple the swashbuckler, but it’d be really mean to pull a «*surprise, half encounters are social*» on the swash. If you make it clear in advance of picking professions that 20% or dungeon floors will be NMZs and 20% will be low-Mana, it’s cool with me: I’ll make sure my wizard has other tricks, or play something else. Having just played a wizard for three years (a little past 500 points), I can assure you the wizard can survive a huge nerf.

[Dalin]

Originally Posted by ArchonShiva

If you make it clear in advance of picking professions that 20% or dungeon floors will be NMZs and 20% will be low-Mana, it’s cool with me: I’ll make sure my wizard has other tricks, or play something else. Having just played a wizard for three years (a little past 500 points), I can assure you the wizard can survive a huge nerf.

And, honestly, it can be a ton of fun to get nerfed unexpectedly. Ok, 70% of my abilities are unusable. What can I find in that other 30% that might tilt the odds my way? Especially with DFRPG and GURPS where you have lots of skills (and can default to many more), you can usually come up with interesting options.

[Polkageist]

To that, unexpected surprises are fun and I like to telegraph new enemies and situations by springing the change in a situation where the PCs are very likely to succeed or escape in one way or another. It gives them a chance to learn the new thing before I toss them into the situation without guardrails.

[Eric Funk]

Originally Posted by ArchonShiva

Also, to be clear, enchantment by the piece is for armour enchantments, which Invisibility isn’t; it works by weight You can make your helmet invisible, but you can’t do it for less than $10k.

That said, since you can enchant 50lbs at once you could hypothetically enchant 50/0.6 to 50/4 * (GF Adventurers p.108 "Full Face" weights) of them at once say soldered with a tiny amount of same material connecting (like one of those metal sets then clip loose).

* (83-12), or 120$ - 800$ each