Awareness
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
Contents
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
