Stealth and the Astral Planes, Stealth and Astral Planes |
Stealth and the Astral Planes, Stealth and Astral Planes |
Sep 30 2003, 02:43 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
Well I haven't came acress this situation yet, but I believe a Duel Natured being can use stealth in the Astral....after all it is terrain, would it use a specialization? more difficult target numbers? what do you fellers think?
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Sep 30 2003, 02:51 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,222 Joined: 11-October 02 From: Netherlands and Belgium Member No.: 3,437 |
We've always played that anyone can use Stealth in the Astral. The numbers are still resisted as normally, Ie: highest stealth roll vs Highest Perception roll in most cases, however we House Ruled that in certain things like trying to hide from Astral Patrols you add your highest roll to the TN of the Patroller.
There may not be anything saying you can use Stealth in the Astral, but there's also nothing saying you can use it in the Physical either. More importantly, nothing saying you can only use it in the Physical. Sphynx |
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Sep 30 2003, 04:04 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 3-September 03 Member No.: 5,575 |
If I were to house rule it, I would say that yes you can, but there would be penalties to the stealth roll. Why? Because astral space is a fairly grey and uniform background in which living creatures show up as bright and glowing. It would be like trying to hide at dusk with a bunch of glowsticks attached to your body; possible, but harder than if you didn' have the glowsticks.
That said, if someone were trying to use stealth in a crown, I would probably give a bonus instead of a penalty. This is because my immediate intuition is that it is harder to make out details and determine someone's identity in astral space than in physical space, where millions of years of evolution have made us able to recongize faces almost instantly. |
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Sep 30 2003, 04:51 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,138 Joined: 10-June 03 From: Tennessee Member No.: 4,706 |
Not to mention the fact that the teeming biomass is very hard to pick out parts of. At least apply the perception modifiers for that :)
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Sep 30 2003, 10:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 614 Joined: 17-June 03 From: A safehouse about to be compromised by ninjas Member No.: 4,754 |
Agree to above. Stealth is possible but only when it would logically be. If youre flying through the astral 500 meters above the ground over farmland it would be hard to be stealthy, while darting through a crowded street corner and in and out of buildings would make it very hard for a persuer to follow. Stealth can be used when applicable, just like in the physical.
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