cloak of non-detection Options

[kilolima2]

I read in the readme that the cloak of non-detection was removed from the game.

Is this because it never seemed to work in the original game?

Or to improve the tactical challenge?

cheers,

kilolima

[devSin]

The problem is that non-detection blocks only the "detect invisibility" effect. In the game, only one or two of the low-level divination spells dispel invisibility this way (and non-detection will successfully block them, regardless of where the invisibility came from).

All of the higher level spells, however, also remove all illusionary protections and divination spell effects (they use the same effects that magic attack spells like Breach and Pierce Magic use). Non-detection doesn't block this, so any effects from these types of spells are automatically removed; since items don't contain school and type information, effects that were applied directly by the item won't be removed (the non-detection blocks any detect invisibility effects, and the remove protections effects don't find anything to dispel).