I (still) RP a Thief in XI, and I play her Hide/Jig/Camouflage/Tonko (depending on her subjob) as being like the concept of optical camouflage -- she's not really invisible, she's using the associated elemental properties to 'bend' light around her to obscure her. The observant CAN see her when she's within a certain distance in full light because her presence creates a distortion and she still casts a shadow and leaves footprints.Â
Like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1BhezbxCPc
[Edit: Or like Predators. And does disappear when in combat. Video clip was to illustrate the distortion effect]
Only when she's in shadows does the illusion begin to approach 'perfect' enough to avoid being visually detected by anyone who's not actively and specifically searching for her.
If I ever decide to RP rogue/ninja here, I'll probably adopt a similar stance.
More importantly for me, though, is how do people justify hearing/smelling someone who's hiding/being stealthy? For example, at what point does "superior Miqo'te/Elezen/Lalafell hearing" override "trained to move in near silence", or "keen sense of smell" allow someone to become alert to a stranger they've never met that's lurking on the far side of a room full of even more strangers?
Like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1BhezbxCPc
[Edit: Or like Predators. And does disappear when in combat. Video clip was to illustrate the distortion effect]
Only when she's in shadows does the illusion begin to approach 'perfect' enough to avoid being visually detected by anyone who's not actively and specifically searching for her.
If I ever decide to RP rogue/ninja here, I'll probably adopt a similar stance.
More importantly for me, though, is how do people justify hearing/smelling someone who's hiding/being stealthy? For example, at what point does "superior Miqo'te/Elezen/Lalafell hearing" override "trained to move in near silence", or "keen sense of smell" allow someone to become alert to a stranger they've never met that's lurking on the far side of a room full of even more strangers?
