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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 2817454" data-attributes="member: 704">I consider the use of Stealth not so much a tactic, but as a means by which you can execute a tactic.Consider why it is your hiding in the first place?  Why is it important at any given moment that you remain undetected?  Are you trying to perform recon on a target for information gathering?  Are you trying to avoid patrols and combat altogether?  Are you hoping to take out one target without alerting another, or are you trying to take out a target before he can ready his defences?Given those goals, there are potentially other ways to acheive them.If you want to perform recon, the obvious way is to get near without being seen.  The less obvious way is to use Disguise and Bluff spells to hide in plain sight.  Or you can use divination spells and avoid interaction all together.If your trying to avoid a patrol, you can try to not be detected, but it is their job to detect intruders.  Or you can use an illusion, or create some other form of distraction to draw the patrol away.There are times when hiding and being silent are the only viable solution, however.  When your trying to avoid all forms of combat, there are not a whole lot of options.  The same goes for trying to take out one target and not another.Trying to hit someone when they are unprepared for combat is something that can be acheived by either speed or stealth.  You can sneak up on them or simply ambush them as they walk through a doorway, which is the use of Stealth.  Or you can use Speed, and just hit them before they can possibly react.  Teleport Hulk is a speed tactic.  A large giant advancing on you is a que to cast that stone skin or a Interposing hand spell.  But having someone magically appear next to you then not so magically put a sword through your head is all about speed.Hide and Move Silently are the sorts of things that pretty much any reasonably well prepared enemy expects, and can counter.  But Bluff and Diplomacy can be alot more dangerous in the hands of the right person.  Con Artists have stolen much more money then any pick pocket can ever hope to acquire.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

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