Another rules question.....our group is always finding challenging mechanics to sort through in our gaming sessions.
The short of the question is: what can arcane sight see? Auras - got it. But specifically in relation to illusions, does Arcane sight see ALL the auras of illusions? There are various subclasses of illusions: figments, gamers, etc. Some of these discuss changing sight, sound, touch, taste, etc. - but does that hide from Arcane Sight?
Specifically Glamer, as an example. If I cast Arcane Sight and the illusionist has some sort of glamour up, would I be able to detect, with a successful spell craft check, that the spell was from the school of illusion?
Feel free to elaborate!
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You know the location and power of all magical auras within your sight. An aura's power depends on a spell's functioning level or an item's caster level, as noted in the description of the detect magic spell (see tables above.) If the items or creatures bearing the auras are in line of sight, you can make Spellcraft skill checks to determine the school of magic involved in each. (Make one check per aura; DC 15 + spell level, or 15 + half caster level for a nonspell effect.)
You get one Spellcraft check to determine the school, per spell aura on them.
If a wizard was hiding under Disguise Self, you could detect that he was under an illusion spell, but not that it was a glamer.
If instead he was under both Disguise Self and Illusion of Calm, you can detect two auras, but either one returns just "illusion", even though one's a glamer and the other's a figment.
Yeah, I get that - but under the subtext of Illusion (glamer) it says glamers specifically change what we see, feel, hear, etc etc etc. So in the case of invisibility I guess I would never need a see invisibility with arcane sight. So I guess what I am trying to say is that glamers might be immune to the basics of detect - and only the glamers.
Magic Aura (glamer) is another one that actually changes the aura of a magic item or completely blocks it making it appear mundane. Just thinking out loud here.....
I would argue that Arcane Sight would reveal the magic aura of someone who is invisible so you would know what square they are in, but invisible character would still benefit from a 50% miss chance when attacked, similar to how blindsense works.
The Magic Aura spells explicitly deceive detect magic, so they would do the same for Arcane Sight.