D&D: Tricks For Fighting Invisible Enemies
The power of invisibility would be incredibly useful to have in real life, yet it's par for the course in Dungeons & Dragons, as it's fairly easy to fade from view. There are a number of D&D spells and magic items that grant invisibility, while many creatures from the monster races can do so naturally. A D&D party will eventually come across an invisible foe, but there are effective methods for dealing with them using regular items and low-level spells.
The ability to turn invisible is incredibly useful to a D&D party, as it makes it easy for rogues to scout ahead, and for spellcasters to hide from enemy fire until they are ready to act. A Ring of Invisibility is especially prized among low-level parties, especially if it doesn't have Sauron looking for it, and the party members will fight over who is most suitable to use it in battle. The power of invisibility isn't a sure thing, as there are creatures that can detect people through other means, so players cannot rely on it in every situation.
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The invisible foes in D&D should beware, as there is a dedicated anti-invisibility spell in the game, in the form of the 2nd-level D&D Divination school see invisibility spell. The problem with see invisibility is that it's so situational that the caster likely won't take it as one of their slots, especially in a game like D&D 5e, where casters have such limited range among their spell slots. There are other methods for unveiling invisible creatures in D&D that don't require a 2nd-level spell slot, but can still be effective as revealing an enemy's location.
According to the Player's Handbook, a creature who is invisible is classed as being heavily obscured for the
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