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<blockquote data-quote="Garthanos" data-source="post: 5053349" data-attributes="member: 82504">The description in and of itself no, because powers are &quot;normally obvious&quot; in some fashion... so without special effort all powers (including a basic ranged attack like a thrown knife) pretty much telegraph source and target.. I allow skills to be employed to conceal the attacks source.For instance... lets take something martial, a character can make a stealthy quick knife throw in the middle of a crowd perhaps using bluff to get people to look elsewhere or another player may employ diplomacy or some other tactic in order to distract (It could be a minor skill challenge, has anybody mentioned how many things that can be used for?) ... at minimum a stealth roll. So people get a perception check to notice where it came from. An insight check might allow somebody to notice I was up to something when I moved in to position foiling the stealth as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; Essentially the stealth element becomes something that has to be worked towards. Similar things can be used for stealthy use of Arcana people might get both a perception check and/or arcana check if you did it with a spell.... circumstance dictate details. For something like Distance Cut simply having the spell leave a echoing jagged visual warp where space itself was cut during the attacks passage probably suits the core description nicely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Garthanos, post: 5053349, member: 82504"] The description in and of itself no, because powers are "normally obvious" in some fashion... so without special effort all powers (including a basic ranged attack like a thrown knife) pretty much telegraph source and target.. I allow skills to be employed to conceal the attacks source. For instance... lets take something martial, a character can make a stealthy quick knife throw in the middle of a crowd perhaps using bluff to get people to look elsewhere or another player may employ diplomacy or some other tactic in order to distract (It could be a minor skill challenge, has anybody mentioned how many things that can be used for?) ... at minimum a stealth roll. So people get a perception check to notice where it came from. An insight check might allow somebody to notice I was up to something when I moved in to position foiling the stealth as well. Essentially the stealth element becomes something that has to be worked towards. Similar things can be used for stealthy use of Arcana people might get both a perception check and/or arcana check if you did it with a spell.... circumstance dictate details. For something like Distance Cut simply having the spell leave a echoing jagged visual warp where space itself was cut during the attacks passage probably suits the core description nicely. [/QUOTE]

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