Awareness

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Tiered Skill

Awareness covers characters' ability to perceive and keep track of their surroundings. Uses of Awareness include noticing details through a quick glance, listening to one's surroundings, and methodically searching an area.

Actions Covered

  • Spot
  • Listen
  • Search

Specific Uses

Spot

Wisdom Spot is the natural counter to the Stealth skill's Hide action. If a character's Awareness(Spot) check is over the hider's Stealth(hide) check, the spotter sees the hider.

The use of Spot is a free action.

Characters not actively using spot (IE: A person not actively watching a room or a guard post) receives a -5 penalty to their check.

Listen

Wisdom Listen is the natural counter to the Stealth skill's Move Silently action. If a character's Awareness(Listen) check is over the Stealth(Move Silently) check of the character that is trying to sneak, the listener hears the sneaking character.

The use of Listen is a free action.

Characters not actively listening receives a -5 penalty to their check.

Search

Intelligence