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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunfist" data-source="post: 3555739" data-attributes="member: 10063">Yes, I agree that the rules make it appear as though you could take a 10 when the opposed roles are actually rolled.The real discussion here is whether or not someone who is trying to avoid being spotted by someone else is distracted.This is pretty tricky because the person went into hiding when they were not distracted. Though they roll their opposed roll at the time they are spotted, they clearly were not distracted when they went into hiding. (Just like someone might read your forged document when you're hanging over the edge of a cliff, you forged the document in a calm environment, so you can take a 10 on your check at that time, despite the fact that you are hanging over the edge of a cliff.)Therefore, strictly speaking in terms of the RAW, it looks like you could take a 10 at that time, again, assuming that you were not distracted or threatened when you went into hiding. However that same logic could be applied to taking a 20. You had all the time in the world to set up your ambush spot, so, you should be able to take a 20. Yet, the FAQ clearly states that you can't do this because of the nature of opposed rolls.Forgery allows you to take a 10, but only because it directly states so in the rules. Otherwise, it wouldn't have to. It would just say 'you make an opposed roll when someone reads your forged document'.</blockquote>