View Single Post
Old 11-01-2011, 03:22 PM   #23
Dragondog
Never Been Pretty
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Default Re: [Social Engineering] Why can't Observation be used to covertly judge approachabil

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rev. Pee Kitty View Post
NDD, you seem to still be misunderstanding this key fact: Observation is the "Per-based roll against a skill to gather intelligence." That's what Observation does. The fact that it lets you do so without being obvious is an incidental benefit.

So the sequence is, assuming that you're casing a place (not trying to emotionally size up a person):

1. Roll Acting, Savoir-Faire, or Sreetwise to blend in.
2. Roll Observation to gather intelligence, and to do so in a way that will not break cover.
So to spot hidden stuff, I don't roll Observation again, I only roll the other skill in the Quick Contest?
Dragondog is offline   Reply With Quote