Stealth and silent movement
I noticed in the new, errata'd stealth rules that there's a -5 penalty to stealth checks for characetrs who move more than two squares in a move action. My own personal assumption is that the designers imagined a character walking three squares and thinknig to themselves "this character is going to make some noise, so there should be a penalty." A character who only walked two squares would likely be sneaking, and trynig to minimize the amount of sound he or she is making.
So, in the opinion of those of you DM'ing 4th ed, should this -5 penalty apply to characters who are moving more than two squares, but in a manner that does not produce sound? For example, characters that can levitate or teleport might be able to move more than two squares completly soundlessly. Would you apply the -5 Stealth penalty to them as well?
I noticed in the new, errata'd stealth rules that there's a -5 penalty to stealth checks for characetrs who move more than two squares in a move action. My own personal assumption is that the designers imagined a character walking three squares and thinknig to themselves "this character is going to make some noise, so there should be a penalty." A character who only walked two squares would likely be sneaking, and trynig to minimize the amount of sound he or she is making.
So, in the opinion of those of you DM'ing 4th ed, should this -5 penalty apply to characters who are moving more than two squares, but in a manner that does not produce sound? For example, characters that can levitate or teleport might be able to move more than two squares completly soundlessly. Would you apply the -5 Stealth penalty to them as well?
