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<blockquote data-quote="Ashrem Bayle" data-source="post: 1298540" data-attributes="member: 3103">Am I the only one who has a problem with the number of dice involved in sneaking around? For example:You have a halfling rogue sneaking passed three orcs.You have to roll Move Silently and Hide for the halfling and Listen and Spot for each orc. Then take the time to compare all of the scores. You then have to repeat this every time the rogue moves.This has proven to be a pain on more than one occasion. So I was thinking of a way to streamline it a bit and decided to steal a bit from Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed.Here is my idea:The character keeps his Hide, Move Silently, Spot, and Listen scores as normal. The change comes in with the introduction of two new stats, Sneak and Perception. Sneak is the average of Hide and Move Silently while Perception is the average of Spot and Listen. When one character attempts to sneak around another unnoticed, the player rolls his Sneak vs. the other person's Perception.Now, if the PC is invisible, or silenced, you'd roll only Move Silently or Hide as needed. You'd only use Sneak when you would normally use both Hide and Move Silently in the same round.Thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ashrem Bayle, post: 1298540, member: 3103"] Am I the only one who has a problem with the number of dice involved in sneaking around? For example: You have a halfling rogue sneaking passed three orcs.You have to roll Move Silently and Hide for the halfling and Listen and Spot for each orc. Then take the time to compare all of the scores. You then have to repeat this every time the rogue moves. This has proven to be a pain on more than one occasion. So I was thinking of a way to streamline it a bit and decided to steal a bit from Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed. Here is my idea: The character keeps his Hide, Move Silently, Spot, and Listen scores as normal. The change comes in with the introduction of two new stats, Sneak and Perception. Sneak is the average of Hide and Move Silently while Perception is the average of Spot and Listen. When one character attempts to sneak around another unnoticed, the player rolls his Sneak vs. the other person's Perception. Now, if the PC is invisible, or silenced, you'd roll only Move Silently or Hide as needed. You'd only use Sneak when you would normally use both Hide and Move Silently in the same round. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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