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<blockquote data-quote="Kaji" data-source="post: 381450" data-attributes="member: 7738"><p>We've been using Scrying quite a bit in both my game and the game Iplay in. Here's the deal.</p><p></p><p>If I'm under the protection of Nondetection (or the more powerful Mind Blank) and you scry on my buddy next to me whoo is not protected, you can not see me. You may be able to infer my presence, but that's a different question. If my buddy keeps talking to someone who's "not there", it would be obvious that someone is there, but the scryer would have no way of knowing if it was me or someone else.</p><p></p><p>As far as being able to figure out if I'm being scryed on, here's what the PH has to say about the skill Scry:</p><p></p><p>Special: Although this skill is exclusive to certain classes, it can be used untrained. This means that a character with no ranks in</p><p>Scry, and who is not allowed to buy ranks in this skill, can still make an Intelligence check to notice when he is being scried.</p><p></p><p>and the spell Scry says:</p><p></p><p>This spell creates a magical sensor located near the subject. Any creature with Intelligence 12 or higher can notice the sensor</p><p>by making a Scry check (or an Intelligence check) against DC 20.</p><p></p><p></p><p>While this is still not rock solid clear, because there is a physical manifestation, we typically allow automatic Scry checks for characters who are being observed. If you don't like that idea, the other option would be for the character to make clear that part of his/her routine is to make Scry checks on a regular basis (1/10 rounds or so) and so should be able to make a check when Scrying is evident.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kaji, post: 381450, member: 7738"] We've been using Scrying quite a bit in both my game and the game Iplay in. Here's the deal. If I'm under the protection of Nondetection (or the more powerful Mind Blank) and you scry on my buddy next to me whoo is not protected, you can not see me. You may be able to infer my presence, but that's a different question. If my buddy keeps talking to someone who's "not there", it would be obvious that someone is there, but the scryer would have no way of knowing if it was me or someone else. As far as being able to figure out if I'm being scryed on, here's what the PH has to say about the skill Scry: Special: Although this skill is exclusive to certain classes, it can be used untrained. This means that a character with no ranks in Scry, and who is not allowed to buy ranks in this skill, can still make an Intelligence check to notice when he is being scried. and the spell Scry says: This spell creates a magical sensor located near the subject. Any creature with Intelligence 12 or higher can notice the sensor by making a Scry check (or an Intelligence check) against DC 20. While this is still not rock solid clear, because there is a physical manifestation, we typically allow automatic Scry checks for characters who are being observed. If you don't like that idea, the other option would be for the character to make clear that part of his/her routine is to make Scry checks on a regular basis (1/10 rounds or so) and so should be able to make a check when Scrying is evident. Hope this helps. :D [/QUOTE]
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