Converting prehistoric creatures

[Leopold]

Hide: 5
Spot:5
Listen:4

 

[demiurge1138]

I like Ability Focus (distraction). How about we pull a few of those ranks out of Hide and put them into Move Silently?

 

[Leopold]

Move Silently in water? It's a huge swarm of fish.

After seeing fish spawn and pool there is no way this thing can do anything but move as a giant mass of death and teeth.

This is from a simple feeding video, not the same as seeing salmon spawn in the wild or a swarm of them:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FILqDol5yIo]YouTube - Piranha feeding time at ZSL London Zoo[/ame]

 

[Leopold]

Move Silently in water? It's a huge swarm of fish.

After seeing fish spawn and pool there is no way this thing can do anything but move as a giant mass of death and teeth.

This is from a simple feeding video, not the same as seeing salmon spawn in the wild or a swarm of them:
YouTube - Piranha feeding time at ZSL London Zoo

 

[demiurge1138]

Sure, when they're attacking, they'd be noisy. But let's actually think about this. These guys are not pirahna. For one thing, they're oceanic, rather than living in rivers. In the ocean, the water is clearer, there's less debris to hide behind and visibility is generally higher. And most oceanic predators rely on silence at least in part to sneak up on prey. Sharks aren't exactly known for being noisy.

 

[Shade]

I've never heard a fish coming when I've been underwater!

Plus, there's precedent for Move Silently in the razoreel swarm. It'll get a great Hide bonus from size alone, so a few ranks in MS seems a good idea.

 

[freyar]

I'd be for dropping Hide ranks and putting them in Move Silently.

 

[demiurge1138]

Maybe half and half.

 

[Rappy]

I side with Demiurge on the skills suggestion. As for feats, well...yeah, again, Demiurge spoke my thoughts. Cheirolepis would probably be like a swarm of aquatic Devonian hornets: disturbing, easily distracting, and painful.

 

[xidoraven]

I side with Cheesecake!

....Speaking of Ability Focus (distraction).... hehe. Sorry.