If you want to do subtle magic, do it before you try to beguile/hide/whatever.
Magic is visible *when cast*, but not all magic is visible after that. An invisibility spell might be a distinct flash when cast, but then you can't be seen (or a smoke cloud for Ninjas and masters of stage magic).
As a rule of thumb, any magic that is meant to decieve/hide/beguile/etc will be visible for a brief second when it is cast, but probably not visible after that. Most magics will produce a visual effect because the god/spirit/grimoire-writer didn't bother to hide it, or even *wants* the sword to have flickers of lightning running up the blade, or the face of the caster to turn into a devil-mask or whatever. You alwys need to say and/or do something to invoke the magic, Yinkini probably shout the Glorantha equivalent of "Geronimo!" when they leap off the cliff.
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