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Message: <blockquote data-quote="udalrich" data-source="post: 5402531" data-attributes="member: 53796">[sblock=OOC]Earlier, the GM was using the dice roller for all of the NPC rolls, so I think we both assumed the lack of posted rolls meant that there was no roll.  I know that it didn't occur to me that it might be the result of a different GM.It had looked like there was no way we could succeed at the chase.  If the NPCs are rolling it's possible and many of my complaints are voided.I am fine with not currently having line of sight.  When I posted the turn, I was not sure if I did (and if the lack was due to barriers, distance or both).  Since Syldar would know if she could see the Tengu, I posted what she would do for either case.  Your response appeared to only address the negative case and did not say anything about what effect the lights have.  Since (I think) the Tengu is fairly far away, possibly on the other side of the roof and may have even gone past a branch point, it's perfectly reasonable that the lights don't illuminate it.  OTOH, if the Tengu is on Syldar's side of the roof, there were other choices on where it could be and it is within range of the lights, I would expect that they would show the Tengu (until it moves).  You have a much better idea of the geography and the location of everyone than I do, so a description of why it fails (at the level of Syldar's knowledge) would be nice.  E.g., "the lights scan the rooftop, but find nothing" (probably because the Tengu is on the other side or too far away) or "the lights scan over several connected houses but find nothing" (above reasons, or the rooftops branch and the Tengu might be on a different branch).In short, yes.  There were some misunderstandings, partly because we were assuming you were doing everything like HolyMan while you were actually doing some things in a different but also acceptable manner.From my point, it looked like the chase was being set up so that we had our choice of how to fail.  While a GM can fiat that we fail, it's much more fun if we have some (even small) chance of success and, if we must fail, I at least would prefer a quick "and he gets away" rather than a complicated, days long scene.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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