Ogre:CharacterCodex:Skills:Stalking

Stalking

Your ability to avoid being seen or heard.

Hide

Ability	Dexterity
Action	Short
Armor Penalty	Maneuver
Untrained	Yes
Concentration	No

Check: Your Hide check DC is the passive Spot resistance of anyone who might see you. You can move up to one-half your normal speed and hide at no penalty. When moving at a speed greater than one-half but less than your normal speed, you take a -4 penalty. It's practically impossible (-16 penalty) to hide while attacking, running or charging.

You need cover or concealment in order to attempt a Hide check. Total cover or total concealment usually obviates the need for a Hide check, since nothing can see you anyway.

If people are observing you, even casually, you can't hide. You can run around a corner or behind cover so that you're out of sight and then hide, but the others then know at least where you went.

If your observers are momentarily distracted (such as by a Bluff check; see below), though, you can attempt to hide. While the others turn their attention from you, you can attempt a Hide check if you can get to a hiding place of some kind. (As a general guideline, the hiding place has to be within 1 foot per rank you have in Hide.) This check, however, is made at a -8 penalty because you have to move fast.

Sniping: If you've already successfully hidden at least 10 feet from your target, you can make one ranged attack, then immediately hide again. You take a -16 penalty on your Hide check to conceal yourself after the shot.

Creating a Diversion to Hide: You can use Bluff to help you hide. A successful Bluff check can give you the momentary diversion you need to attempt a Hide check while people are aware of you.

Special: When you are invisible, you gain a +32 bonus on Hide checks if you are immobile or a +16 bonus on Hide checks if you're moving.

Action: Making sure you are correctly hidden is a quick action. Staying hidden take no other action. However, hiding immediately after a ranged attack (see Sniping, above) is a short action.

Feats

Camouflage

You know how to use your surrounding to better hide yourself. You received the modifier of one more cover or concealment level than your current level.

Specialist: You receive the modifier of 2 levels of concealment or cover than your current level.

Expert: You receive the modifier of 3 levels of concealment or cover than your current level.

Master: You receive the modifier of 4 levels of concealment or cover than your current level.

Hidden Skill

Choose any skill that would normally make be visually apparent, but the visual gesture is not essential for the skill. You can now use your Hide skill to use that skill without being visually notice.

Opportunist hiding

When hiding after a successful Bluff check to distract the observer, your hide penalty is now only -4.

Specialist: Your hide penalty is now only -2.

Expert: Your hide penalty is now only -1.

Master: You can use the Hide skill even while being observed and you suffer no hide penalty.

Sniping

To hide again after firing a ranged weapon, your penalty to hide check is now -8.

Specialist: Your penalty to hide check is now -4.

Expert: Your penalty to hide check is now -2.

Master: Your penalty to hide check is now -1.

Move Silently

Ability	Dexterity
Action	Short
Armor Penalty	Maneuver
Untrained	Yes
Concentration	No

Check: Your Move Silently check DC is the passive Listen resistance of anyone who might hear you. You can move up to one-half your normal speed at no penalty. When moving at a speed greater than one-half but less than your full speed, you take a -4 penalty. It's practically impossible (-16 penalty) to move silently while running or charging.

Noisy surfaces, such as bogs or undergrowth, are tough to move silently across. When you try to sneak across such a surface, you take a penalty on your Move Silently check as indicated below.

Surface	Check Modifier
Noisy (scree, shallow or deep bog, undergrowth, dense rubble)	-2
Very noisy (dense undergrowth, deep snow)	-4

Feats

Silent Skill

Choose any skill that would normally make noise, but noise is not essential for the skills. You can now use your Move Silently skill to use that skill without making noises.

Sneaky feet

When walking of difficult terrain, you suffer from one less noise level.

Specialist: You suffer from 2 less noise levels.

Expert: You suffer from 3 less noise levels.

Master: You suffer from 4 less noise levels.