Scout awareness

Scout awareness utilizes a Ranger's scouting and appraisal skills to determine their ability to perform certain stealthy actions on an opponent.

Notes

• Paladins and Thieves can sense when they are scouted also might see it was you even in hiding and receive the same messaging as when they are marked by a Thief: You get a strange sense of unease as if someone was sizing you up.
• It's similar to APPRAISEing and teaches appraisal skill.
• Dead or unconcious critters/PCs scout at 0 perception.

Messaging

Messaging is in order of easiest to hardest.

HIDE:

• you are a forest wraith amongst the trees.
• you are as a cunning arzumos near its prey.
• you could evade his untrained eyes.
• it's around even odds.
• you cannot shake his watchful eyes
• an owl's wisdom of her surroundings protects her.
• eyes like a great eagle would see through any charade of stealth.

STALK:

• you are the jaguar that lurks for its opportunity to strike.
• you slink like a hunting cat.
• you could evade his untrained eyes.
• it's around even odds.
• you cannot shake his watchful eyes.
• a fox's cunning lies within your foe.
• the senses of a hawk will defy your abilities.

APPRAISALS:

• You feel highly confident in the accuracy of your judgement.
• You feel somewhat confident in the accuracy of your judgement.
• You are somewhat uncertain of the accuracy of your judgement.
• You have no idea what you're doing and feel like you just made wild guesses.

Example Messaging

>scout aware Person/critter
You observe Person's motions, trying to discern the strength of his senses.
As you consider hiding around Person, you are a forest wraith amongst the trees.
You feel highly confident in the accuracy of your judgement.
As you consider an attempt to stalk Person, you are the jaguar that lurks for its opportunity to strike.
You feel highly confident in the accuracy of your judgement.
Roundtime: 5 sec.