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Dragondog · 05-30-2016, 09:34 PM

I've just reread the Tracking skill and have a couple of questions.

In an urban setting, you roll at -6 every minute, which is fine. But if you are tracking a group of men, you get a +6 bonus which completely obliterates the penalty for urban tracking. I'm not a tracker, but that seems wrong to me. You still need to roll every minute, but do you use that modifier as is in urban settings?

Secondly, you only get this bonus from tracking men, not animals. What about fantasy settings. Do all sapient races count as people in regards to these rules? What about a shapeshifter in wolf form? Or in other words, what is it that's inherent in people, but not animals, that make them easier to track?

05-30-2016, 09:34 PM	#1
Dragondog Never Been Pretty Join Date: Jan 2005	Questions on Tracking I've just reread the Tracking skill and have a couple of questions. In an urban setting, you roll at -6 every minute, which is fine. But if you are tracking a group of men, you get a +6 bonus which completely obliterates the penalty for urban tracking. I'm not a tracker, but that seems wrong to me. You still need to roll every minute, but do you use that modifier as is in urban settings? Secondly, you only get this bonus from tracking men, not animals. What about fantasy settings. Do all sapient races count as people in regards to these rules? What about a shapeshifter in wolf form? Or in other words, what is it that's inherent in people, but not animals, that make them easier to track?