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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3074207" data-attributes="member: 1656">I see no reason why not (though it will only be one minute, since you can take twenty move actions in ten rounds).Action: Varies. Every time you have a chance to spot something in a reactive manner you can make a Spot check without using an action. Trying to spot something you failed to see previously is a move action. Try Again: Yes. You can try to spot something that you failed to see previously at no penalty.Taking 20:When you have plenty of time (generally 2 minutes for a skill that can normally be checked in 1 round, one full-round action, or one standard action), you are faced with no threats or distractions, and the skill being attempted carries no penalties for failure, you can take 20. In other words, eventually you will get a 20 on 1d20 if you roll enough times. Instead of rolling 1d20 for the skill check, just calculate your result as if you had rolled a 20. Taking 20 means you are trying until you get it right, and it assumes that you fail many times before succeeding. Taking 20 takes twenty times as long as making a single check would take. Since taking 20 assumes that the character will fail many times before succeeding, if you did attempt to take 20 on a skill that carries penalties for failure, your character would automatically incur those penalties before he or she could complete the task. Common “take 20” skills include Escape Artist, Open Lock, and Search.If you fail to Spot something, you can attempt it again as a Move action.As long as you have a minute available and are faced with no threats or distractions - Spot carries no penalties for failure and allows retries - you can Take 20.  Why not?Again, I see no reason why not... but you are assumed to fail a lot before eventually calculating a result as though you rolled a 20.  So for the first nine-and-a-half rounds, your Listen checks automatically fail.  In the latter half of the tenth round, you'll hear really really well... but since nobody else is moving during your turn, it's not very useful for hearing someone sneaking up on you.  You have to rely on reactive Listen checks (not an action) to hear someone moving when it isn't your turn.Taking 20 on a Listen check would be useful for hearing the sound of a distant stream trickling, or an engine running, or something that makes a constant noise.  But intermittent sound (like someone sneaking on their own turn, not on yours), you won't pick up...-Hyp.</blockquote>

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