Editing Ogre:CharacterCodex:Skills:Perception (section)

==Listen==
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!Ability
|Wisdom
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!Action
|Quick
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!Armor Penalty
|None
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!Untrained
|Yes
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!Concentration
|No
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'''Description:''' Your Listen check reflects how quiet the noise is that you might hear.

'''Check:''' The following table shows some example of Listen DC needed to hear a certain noise.

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!Listen DC
!Sound
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| -10
|A battle.
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|0
|People talking up.
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|5
|A person in medium armor walking trying not to make any noise.
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|10
|An unarmored person walking trying not to make any noise
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|15
|People whispering.
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|20
|A cat stalking.
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|30
|An owl gliding in for a kill.
|}

Some conditions can make hearing a noise more difficult. Some examples are on the following table.

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! Listen DC Modifier
! Condition
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| +5 penalty
| Through a door
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| +15 penalty
| Through a stone wall
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| +5 penalty
| Listener distracted by other sound
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A sleeping character may make Listen checks at a -8 penalty. A successful check awakens the sleeper.

'''Try Again:''' Yes, you can try to hear something that you failed to hear previously with no penalty assuming the sound is still present.

===Feats===

====Extended Hearing====
: Your Listen range increment is increased by 1 square.
: '''Specialist:''' Listen range increment is increased by 2 square.
: '''Expert:''' Listen range increment is increased by 4 square.
: '''Master:''' Listen range increment is increased by 8 square.