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Plane · 07-10-2019, 10:40 PM

You'd think a simple situation like "I search the room for hiding goblins, how many hiding goblins do I spot" would be one the rules had instructions for...

Part of the weirdness is you may not really know how many tasks you're doing simultaneously (how many goblins, how many shoes) until you spot them.

Given you have a higher chance of spotting the nearest shoe it just seems to make sense to have you roll for that, and not bother for the 2nd until later, so I don't need to figure out how to penalize multiple free actions per turn or splitting a free action with multiple targets.

Hm... maybe with "aim as attack" logic, "perceive as attack" could be -4 to split 2 targets like a dual weapon attack.

07-10-2019, 10:40 PM	#211
Plane Join Date: Aug 2018	Re: A Challenger Appears! Green versus Red You'd think a simple situation like "I search the room for hiding goblins, how many hiding goblins do I spot" would be one the rules had instructions for... Part of the weirdness is you may not really know how many tasks you're doing simultaneously (how many goblins, how many shoes) until you spot them. Given you have a higher chance of spotting the nearest shoe it just seems to make sense to have you roll for that, and not bother for the 2nd until later, so I don't need to figure out how to penalize multiple free actions per turn or splitting a free action with multiple targets. Hm... maybe with "aim as attack" logic, "perceive as attack" could be -4 to split 2 targets like a dual weapon attack.