Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Sorinth" data-source="post: 9591962" data-attributes="member: 7050650"><p>This isn't true, there's lots of things that exist but don't have explicit rules defined which simply means the DM decides. Not sure if in the new PHB they have the same line, but in the '14 PHB says in combat creatures stay alert for danger all around. Essentially in combat they are constantly glancing over their shoulder and looking around. If the guard is doing the same and glancing around constantly then yes they effectively have a 360 degree vision, though even then if a player says they wait for him to look one way and make a break for the next bit of cover it comes down to how the DM adjudicates that situation. They might say the distance is to far to cross before the guard looks back so automatically seen, they might say that's a great plan and autosuccess, they might use the stealth value that was previously rolled and compare it to the guards PP, or they might call for a new roll. There are no rules to explicitly define which option is how it's supposed to be ruled, but that doesn't mean facing doesn't exist, it means facing is under DM discrestion.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Sorinth, post: 9591962, member: 7050650"] This isn't true, there's lots of things that exist but don't have explicit rules defined which simply means the DM decides. Not sure if in the new PHB they have the same line, but in the '14 PHB says in combat creatures stay alert for danger all around. Essentially in combat they are constantly glancing over their shoulder and looking around. If the guard is doing the same and glancing around constantly then yes they effectively have a 360 degree vision, though even then if a player says they wait for him to look one way and make a break for the next bit of cover it comes down to how the DM adjudicates that situation. They might say the distance is to far to cross before the guard looks back so automatically seen, they might say that's a great plan and autosuccess, they might use the stealth value that was previously rolled and compare it to the guards PP, or they might call for a new roll. There are no rules to explicitly define which option is how it's supposed to be ruled, but that doesn't mean facing doesn't exist, it means facing is under DM discrestion. [/QUOTE]

Verification