[PnP] sneak....silence

[Thomas O. Magann Jr.]

As far as skills go, for stealth PnP seems to break it down into a lot of over specialized skills. Trailing lets you follow someone undetected in a city, the various survival skills let you set ambushes successfully in the appropriate terrain, which implies a stealth component. The same skills are used to detect followers/ambushers.

Thief skill seems to be more of a memorization ability. Actual thieving requires other skills (deftness, climbing, trailing, etc) 

Stealth skills aren't the only thing missing. All I can think of, off hand, for perception, other than some applications of track/trail and the survivals, is Badlander. I guess if the one is missing, the other isn't needed.



-----Original Message-----
>From: Alex Koponen <akoponen at mosquitonet.com>
>Sent: Apr 18, 2010 12:55 AM
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>Subject: [PnP] sneak....silence
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>So what is the approved method of determining if a character has been 
>silent enough to sneak past sentries that have their backs turned?
>Roll Thief or Trailing skill as a %?
>Roll difficulty (Rule 5)...perhaps using Agility as the determining 
>characteristic? The difficulty determined by how alert and close the 
>sentries are?
>
>I do notice that P&P has a paucity of spells that help one be more silent.
>
>             Alex K
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Thank you for your time,

Thomas O. Magann Jr.