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<blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 5723869" data-attributes="member: 1164">Encountered within the gaze's active range, Characters in all likelihood will have met the creature's gaze by the time they recognize it enough to roll their knowledge checks. If the players want to walk around giving everything they might encounter 20% concealment {averting eyes} because they find clues that a gaze attacking creature might be in the area, that is their prerogative.In 3e there is no rule to determine which way your character is facing. You get to keep an eye on all directions at any given time. You get your spot check regardless of the direction your foe comes at you from. Now that is a Good Thing most of the time. But when the gaze attacks show up, the default of keeping an eye on all directions at any given time IS a Bad Thing. Because the defender is given such a huge benefit of the doubt looking for incoming threats, the onus is now on the potential victim to take a penalty to reduce or avoid the need to save vs. the gaze.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="frankthedm, post: 5723869, member: 1164"] Encountered [I]within[/I] the gaze's active range, Characters in all likelihood will have met the creature's gaze by the time they recognize it enough to roll their knowledge checks. If the players want to walk around giving everything they might encounter 20% concealment {averting eyes} because they find clues that a gaze attacking creature might be in the area, that is their prerogative. In 3e there is no rule to determine which way your character is facing. You get to keep an eye on all directions at any given time. You get your spot check regardless of the direction your foe comes at you from. Now that is a Good Thing most of the time. But when the gaze attacks show up, the default of keeping an eye on all directions at any given time IS a Bad Thing. Because the defender is given such a huge benefit of the doubt looking for incoming threats, the onus is now on the potential victim to take a penalty to reduce or avoid the need to save vs. the gaze. [/QUOTE]

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