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<blockquote data-quote="Aloïsius" data-source="post: 6190504" data-attributes="member: 1191">I think the &quot;track&quot; feature should just give a big flat bonus to survival (track) check or something. And the track DC should use all the range, from 5 to 35 or more. I mean, I never tracked anything in my life, and yet, when I stumbled upon the track of a wounded wild-boar in the forest, it was ridiculously easy to follow. Not only could you use your eyes to spot the blood stains, but each blood stain was advertised by a noisy swarm of flies. I was able to follow it until the place where the beast had probably been finally caught by the dogs and picked-up by the hunters, more than one kilometer away.But what if the beast had not been wounded ? I would probably not even realized that there was a track to follow, while any Aragorn-like ranger could not only spot it, but tell if it was a male or a female and if it was followed by it piglets.Some task are so easy that you can accomplish them even without training, while some other, closely similar or related task need a special training to even have a small chance of success.Likewise, tripping an old human merchant running after a child thief should be very easy even for a someone non trained in combat, while tripping a bull walking peacefully should be nearly impossible, even for a high level judoka.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aloïsius, post: 6190504, member: 1191"] I think the "track" feature should just give a big flat bonus to survival (track) check or something. And the track DC should use all the range, from 5 to 35 or more. I mean, I never tracked anything in my life, and yet, when I stumbled upon the track of a wounded wild-boar in the forest, it was ridiculously easy to follow. Not only could you use your eyes to spot the blood stains, but each blood stain was advertised by a noisy swarm of flies. I was able to follow it until the place where the beast had probably been finally caught by the dogs and picked-up by the hunters, more than one kilometer away. But what if the beast had not been wounded ? I would probably not even realized that there was a track to follow, while any Aragorn-like ranger could not only spot it, but tell if it was a male or a female and if it was followed by it piglets. Some task are so easy that you can accomplish them even without training, while some other, closely similar or related task need a special training to even have a small chance of success. Likewise, tripping an old human merchant running after a child thief should be very easy even for a someone non trained in combat, while tripping a bull walking peacefully should be nearly impossible, even for a high level judoka. [/QUOTE]

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