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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7798988" data-attributes="member: 6795602">So we are at the moment when the rogue is sneaking up and an orc in a tower spots him! The first question I as the DM has is does the rogue know he was spotted.&nbsp; For the sake of your example, let's say that he knows it (auto success or successful perception or possibly insight check, whichever resolution got us here it doesn't matter). So as the DM I've already decided that this orc is going to be discreet about everything and not raise an alarm but play dumb and watch and inform a superior when the rogue gets close enough to be captured (the player doesn't know this) but he knows he was spotted.Now I give the player a choice.&nbsp; &quot;The Orc acts as if he has spotted you no alarm has been raised, what do you do.&quot;The next step is on the player.&nbsp; Presumably he will fall back to safety - but orc patrols would then go out looking for him, which sets up a potential encounter for the party. A particularly brave player might continue to approach.&nbsp; If that happened, I would let the player get almost too his goal.&nbsp; I would then have some orcs start to come out after him.&nbsp; He would have one final choice which would be framed in a way that he could accomplish his goal but would face a greater risk of capture or death.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 7798988, member: 6795602"] So we are at the moment when the rogue is sneaking up and an orc in a tower spots him! The first question I as the DM has is does the rogue know he was spotted. For the sake of your example, let's say that he knows it (auto success or successful perception or possibly insight check, whichever resolution got us here it doesn't matter). So as the DM I've already decided that this orc is going to be discreet about everything and not raise an alarm but play dumb and watch and inform a superior when the rogue gets close enough to be captured (the player doesn't know this) but he knows he was spotted. Now I give the player a choice. "The Orc acts as if he has spotted you no alarm has been raised, what do you do." The next step is on the player. Presumably he will fall back to safety - but orc patrols would then go out looking for him, which sets up a potential encounter for the party. A particularly brave player might continue to approach. If that happened, I would let the player get almost too his goal. I would then have some orcs start to come out after him. He would have one final choice which would be framed in a way that he could accomplish his goal but would face a greater risk of capture or death. [/QUOTE]

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