[PnP] Elf Hiding

[Scott Adams]

Try #2 due to power outage

Yeah this is why to me in 83 it was godly to have elves hide.  but 
22% is not great I mean a good hunter with camo does better.
hmm..forgot other stuff I was going to say in first reply.  oh well.



At 07:41 PM 8/17/2017, you wrote:
>Folks, while in some game systems Elves are magically invisible in 
>forests, in most they just have the same Stealth Skills any human 
>might. The question is: How good is the elf at hiding?
>
>Or, to answer the original question: With my eyes, if they're young, 
>or With a Detect Hidden Spell, if they're old.
>
>In P&P they may not be invisible. It depends, like so much, on their 
>stats, which are experienced based. An average Elf, starting out, 
>only have about a 22% chance of going unnoticed.
>
>Don't give them too much credit. By the time your characters are 
>dealing with the older ones, either you're skilled(and older, 
>yourself) or you're in deep mulch.
>
>Also, simply because their ability IS magical, they may be sloppy. 
>Branches force out of true, foot prints on the ground, etc. All the 
>things Stealth wouldn't leave, invisibility does.
>
>Look for the things they forget to conceal, because they assume you 
>can't see them, so why bother?
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: Scott Adams <longshotgm at comcast.net>
> >Sent: Aug 17, 2017 4:22 PM
> >To: pnp at list.powersandperils.org
> >Subject: [PnP] Elf Hiding
> >
> >
> >
> > >You don't see an Elf Hiding in the Forest.  They are real good at
> >that kind of stuff.
> > >;)
> > >Tom
> >
> >YEah but it seems way too arbitary.  So if a Elf is 2 feet away in
> >front of you you just don't see him? Just too easy.
> >The rules elaborate details but it seems a weird thing.  So Elf and
> >Hunter compete to hide.
> >They should have good skills.  But this elf hiding thing seems like
> >almost a automatic
> >than a chance.
> >
> >Mechanically at least.
> >I understand the basic idea.
> >
> >Just think the rule on this could be tweaked.  I never got to
> >thinking on it till recently.
> >Was curious if folks tweaked this skill/rule/mechanic.
> >
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