Stealth
Primary Stat: Dexterity
Difficulty Modifier: x2
This Skill covers actively sneaking or hiding, as well as more subtle ways of staying out of sight - such as casually blending in with crowds. It can also be used to conceal objects about your person, or to hide objects or other people in general. A successful Stealth check might also indicate likely hiding places nearby - perhaps helping you to find someone else who is hiding from you, although actually sensing that there is someone there is a matter for Awareness.
It is also worth noting that your ability to successfully hide in any given environment is heavily dependant on your familiarity with locations of that kind - requiring the Urban Stealth Ability when in a building or settlement and the appropriate form of Basic Survival when in the wilderness.
Proximity, movement speed and degree of cover should factor into attempts to sneak up on someone who is reasonably alert, applying modifiers as follows:
Cover
- Full cover (enough to hide behind completely): +2
- Half cover (enough to hide behind halfway): +0
- Marginal cover (enough to slightly disguise outline): -2
- No cover: -4
- Stationary: +2
- Creeping and crawling (half walking speed or less): +1
- Walking: +0
- Running: -3
- Sprinting: -5
Proximity
- 20m+: +2
- Under 20m: +0
- Under 10m: -3
- Melee range: -5
Stealth Abilities
- (2) Urban Stealth
- (6) One with the Night
