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<blockquote data-quote="Prakriti" data-source="post: 6903833" data-attributes="member: 6855149">Some would, depending on the circumstances. Using the first example, however, here's how it would play out in a narrative fashion:The player wants to flee a group of thugs on the streets of Waterdeep. He throws down a smoke-bomb and, unseen by the thugs, dashes down the left alley-way. Some of the thugs draw back, stunned and confused, while others dart into the smoke-cloud, surprised when they don't see the rogue on the other side. When the smoke finally clears, the thugs realize that the player must have slipped down an alley-way, so they split up in pursuit.The above scenario is found in movies, books, comic-books -- pretty much every fictional genre you can think of. It's what makes sense to players, and it's how they expect heavy concealment to work.But here's how the same scenario plays out in a purely mechanical fashion:As before, the player wants to flee a group of thugs on the streets of Waterdeep. He throws down a smoke-bomb and, unseen by the thugs, dashes down the left alley-way. On their next turn, however, the thugs follow him, because they know exactly where he went and how far he ran. Sorry, but that's lame.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prakriti, post: 6903833, member: 6855149"] Some would, depending on the circumstances. Using the first example, however, here's how it would play out in a narrative fashion: [I]The player wants to flee a group of thugs on the streets of Waterdeep. He throws down a smoke-bomb and, unseen by the thugs, dashes down the left alley-way. Some of the thugs draw back, stunned and confused, while others dart into the smoke-cloud, surprised when they don't see the rogue on the other side. When the smoke finally clears, the thugs realize that the player must have slipped down an alley-way, so they split up in pursuit.[/I] The above scenario is found in movies, books, comic-books -- pretty much every fictional genre you can think of. It's what makes sense to players, and it's how they expect heavy concealment to work. But here's how the same scenario plays out in a purely mechanical fashion: [I]As before, the player wants to flee a group of thugs on the streets of Waterdeep. He throws down a smoke-bomb and, unseen by the thugs, dashes down the left alley-way. On their next turn, however, the thugs follow him, because they know exactly where he went and how far he ran. [/I] Sorry, but that's lame. [/QUOTE]

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