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johndallman · 05-11-2014, 01:54 PM

Shadowing, as I understand it, is about following someone without being obvious. It's done at a distance, and it needs other people around (B219). What I'm trying to do here is a bit different.

The required trick works like this: you're following someone absolutely certain that you can't be seen, and with enough Stealth that you're confident of not being heard. You've taken precautions so that you don't smell strongly (although dogs are a potential problem). Your target comes to an ordinary door, opens it, goes through and closes it. You need to go through with him, without bumping him so he notices, or noticeably getting in the way of closing the door.

That seemed like fine movement skills and rapid change of posture, for which Acrobatics seemed like a start - although Escape is a possibility I hadn't thought of.

05-11-2014, 01:54 PM	#5
johndallman Night Watchman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cambridge, UK	Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Acrobatics Shadowing, as I understand it, is about following someone without being obvious. It's done at a distance, and it needs other people around (B219). What I'm trying to do here is a bit different. The required trick works like this: you're following someone absolutely certain that you can't be seen, and with enough Stealth that you're confident of not being heard. You've taken precautions so that you don't smell strongly (although dogs are a potential problem). Your target comes to an ordinary door, opens it, goes through and closes it. You need to go through with him, without bumping him so he notices, or noticeably getting in the way of closing the door. That seemed like fine movement skills and rapid change of posture, for which Acrobatics seemed like a start - although Escape is a possibility I hadn't thought of.