Volo Ersatz's Eye Doesn't Work.

[WOODCHIPPA]

I'm currently fighting Yurgir and all his Merregor minions. I'm supposed to be able to see invisible enemies thanks to Volo's eyeball relic, but Yurgir keeps using invisibility and I can't see him. Is this a known issue? Or am I missing something?

[WOODCHIPPA]

Ah, you know what... I changed the difficulty back to balanced and now I can see him again. So it just doesn't work on tactician difficulty? Is this intentional?

[Pitviper]

The eye lets you see invisible creatures, but ONLY if they fail a dex saving throw. If he's constantly making his save, you still can't see him

[WOODCHIPPA]

Originally posted by Pitviper:

The eye lets you see invisible creatures, but ONLY if they fail a dex saving throw. If he's constantly making his save, you still can't see him

Interesting. Sure wish it told me that in game.

I made a quick little youtube rant about all the other bugs I personally found in this fight and gave you a shoutout. Thanks again for the info.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNPaZLsXwKk

[Dunnlang]

Same issues with the eye in this fight, and one before this. Also, I hit him with Faerie Fire. He failed the save, and was still invisible. This happened twice. There were a lot of little bugs like that for me too.

[SnowVix]

Originally posted by WOODCHIPPA:

Originally posted by Pitviper:

The eye lets you see invisible creatures, but ONLY if they fail a dex saving throw. If he's constantly making his save, you still can't see him

Interesting. Sure wish it told me that in game. :zagcry:

I made a quick little youtube rant about all the other bugs I personally found in this fight and gave you a shoutout. Thanks again for the info.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNPaZLsXwKk

Wow, if only the tooltip for See Invisibility said that. Oh wait, it does exactly that.

[WOODCHIPPA]

Originally posted by SnowVix:

Originally posted by WOODCHIPPA:

Interesting. Sure wish it told me that in game.

I made a quick little youtube rant about all the other bugs I personally found in this fight and gave you a shoutout. Thanks again for the info.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNPaZLsXwKk

Wow, if only the tooltip for See Invisibility said that. Oh wait, it does exactly that.

Did you watch the video? You didn’t watch the video. Because “See Invisibility” wasnt linked or described anywhere in the Eye’s tooltip. 🤦‍♂️

[Caprichaun]

OK also, Volo's Ersatz Eye is a little bugged. If See Invisibility is active, you should see a little blue eye icon on the sidebar. If you don't just change headgear or your weapon and it always fixes it for me.

[Moonbane]

Heard some blabber that you need high wisdom to reliably see invisible things.

[WOODCHIPPA]

Originally posted by Caprichaun:

OK also, Volo's Ersatz Eye is a little bugged. If See Invisibility is active, you should see a little blue eye icon on the sidebar. If you don't just change headgear or your weapon and it always fixes it for me.

Interesting. I’ve had to do something similar with other item effects randomly disappearing. For me, I have noticed The Mighty Cloth randomly strips my of my bonus carrying capacity. Once I un-equip and re-equip everything goes back to normal.

[Fiddlewidget]

I play balanced and have never had this eye work even once. So apparently, they categorically make their DEX saves no matter what. In any case, the eye has been useless for me.

[mike_hanna211]

Ironically, shield bashing also requires a DEX saving throw and doesn't work.

[Lord Farquad]

Originally posted by Fiddlewidget:

I play balanced and have never had this eye work even once. So apparently, they categorically make their DEX saves no matter what. In any case, the eye has been useless for me.

These threads are full of necromancers this month

[AokiYakumo]

The actual bug for Ersatz Eye has something to do with it constantly reapplying its permanent effect each time another effect or condition is applied to the character with the Ersatz Eye. It's particularly notable when you play the Wapira set and have a bunch of riders on your heals.

[LordNibbler]

The eye always worked like a charm for me.

From what I've seen though is that most people don't realize that any "See Invisibility" condition (like the eye gives) has a range of 9 meters (or 30 feet). Further away and it just won't trigger.