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*The effect picture is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Monty Python|Monty Python]] sketch [[Wikipedia:How Not To Be Seen|How Not To Be Seen]], where people hide in bushes. | *The effect picture is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Monty Python|Monty Python]] sketch [[Wikipedia:How Not To Be Seen|How Not To Be Seen]], where people hide in bushes. | ||
*Hide in Plain Sight is | *Hide in Plain Sight is an ability granted by some classes in Dungeons & Dragons. As the name suggests it allows the character to take hide checks even when standing in full sight of an enemy. | ||
*The note about being bizarre and incongruous is a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In ''Life, the Universe and Everything'' a Somebody Else's Problem field is used to much the same effect to hide a spaceship. | *The note about being bizarre and incongruous is a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In ''Life, the Universe and Everything'' a Somebody Else's Problem field is used to much the same effect to hide a spaceship. | ||
*This may also be a reference to the Discworld series, where the concept of "hiding in plain sight" is used several times. For example, Death is able to travel unseen because people know that seven foot tall skeletons don't just walk around, and so their brains refuse to acknowledge the evidence to the contrary. Also, many witches can stand still and "fade into the foreground", becoming one with the surroundings and be able to remain unseen while still in plain sight. If the viewer knew where the witch was, she would, however, be visible. | *This may also be a reference to the Discworld series, where the concept of "hiding in plain sight" is used several times. For example, Death is able to travel unseen because people know that seven foot tall skeletons don't just walk around, and so their brains refuse to acknowledge the evidence to the contrary. Also, many witches can stand still and "fade into the foreground", becoming one with the surroundings and be able to remain unseen while still in plain sight. If the viewer knew where the witch was, she would, however, be visible. | ||
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Hiding in Plain Sight
Your face is covered with panty raider camouflage (my fair lady). Since you're not in a sorority orc's room, the camouflage isn't particularly convincing. Since you look so bizarre and incongruous, though, your enemies' brains will refuse to acknowledge your existence until you make yourself known. Either that or they'll try to avoid eye contact from empathic embarrassment.
Increases combat initiative (greater than +50%)
Obtained From
- panty raider camouflage (10 turns)
Notes
- Does not cancel out the effect of Cunctatitis
- See Discussion for details of the effect magnitude testing
References
- The effect picture is a reference to the Monty Python sketch How Not To Be Seen, where people hide in bushes.
- Hide in Plain Sight is an ability granted by some classes in Dungeons & Dragons. As the name suggests it allows the character to take hide checks even when standing in full sight of an enemy.
- The note about being bizarre and incongruous is a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In Life, the Universe and Everything a Somebody Else's Problem field is used to much the same effect to hide a spaceship.
- This may also be a reference to the Discworld series, where the concept of "hiding in plain sight" is used several times. For example, Death is able to travel unseen because people know that seven foot tall skeletons don't just walk around, and so their brains refuse to acknowledge the evidence to the contrary. Also, many witches can stand still and "fade into the foreground", becoming one with the surroundings and be able to remain unseen while still in plain sight. If the viewer knew where the witch was, she would, however, be visible.
- The (my fair lady) part of the description is a reference to the famous children's rhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down" where each verse is ended in the words "my fair lady". "Panty raider camouflage" can be sung to the tune of "London Bridge Is Falling Down".
