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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh
Interesting. I vaguely recall some post by someone authoritative saying that camouflage, stealth and cloaking negate the plain sight bonus before applying other modifiers. Or maybe I'm misremembering.
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Have you found the source to this, because I'm also interested in confirming this. Basically, I'm trying to determine exactly what ramifications giving a flat +10 bonus to all Vision rolls have against skills like Stealth and Camouflage.
The best I can see is that, using a "professional" skill level of 12 for Stealth or Camouflage will, on average, result in a success by 2 and thus a -2 penalty to be noticed. With Vision +10, the typical roll for the average guy will be against 20. A -2 brings it to 18, to which you add range and/or darkness.
Assuming normal daylight, to even brings the odds to even requires a -8 range, that's about 50 yards. Within 10 yards (-4), there's still a ~90% chance of being spotted. Basically, you'd never get close to a target with only skill 12 (or never be able to hide using camouflage) while within that range.
I guess my question is... is that realistic?
PS: Love your Gaming Ballistic articles. Great read, and gets me thinking over my own house rules.