Research:Fade

You *can* perform covert actions while faded, but it's probably either a harder skill check or there's checks against more skills or both. Either that or witches just have poorer hiding skills.

Log of a simple test on a chicken in Lancre town:

>fade into the foreground by not here
You stand very, very still and slowly fade into the foreground.
>plant crown on chicken
You plant one Lancre crown on the spring chicken.
>steal crown from chicken
You steal one Lancre crown from the spring chicken.
The spring chicken bounces towards you in a springy manner.
>fade into the foreground by not here
If you fade into the foreground any more, you're liable to go straight through an' out the other side.
>score
[...]
You aten't here.