[PnP] New Spells 1 of 3

[Choinski, Burton]

I would say that anything that starts to distort the terrain starts to bring
it into the realm of wizardry.  Simply saying that the person takes on
color/texture of the terrain will mesh with the spell name and purpose.
This differs from elf invisibility since in that case the forest is actively
helping the elves (branches bend slightly to cover exposed portions, or the
canopy alters so that light dappling makes it harder to see the target, the
ground absorbs the noise of movement, etc.

This was a hard spell to explain.  I didn't want a simple illusion or the
lef version.  The elf version I don't see as active but you do?  Branches
actually help?  Wow.  I see it more as the elf using it as a skill to know
wher eto hide and how to use his environment.  In this spell I wanted a
basic chameleon spell but one that didn't work like a pure illusion.  Maybe
osmoene else can explain it better.

The reasonI see it as active is because I don't really see it making sense
to have elves be able to pull this invisibility in human cities, or in the
desert, or whatever.  Born of sylvan darkness, I guess I go with a more
mystical binding to the forest world (much like I have the dwarves with a
deep binding to stone and the earth).
The as a skill?  Maybe that should be clarified.

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