Where are teh hearing modifiers for range?

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Does it? I haven't had any problems with it, basically ever.

A sound you have some difficulty (12-) to hear at 2 yards is not 8- to be heard at 32 yards.

[Humabout]

Originally Posted by Anthony

A sound you have some difficulty (12-) to hear at 2 yards is not 8- to be heard at 32 yards.

I'm not sure I even understand this. For every step down the table, you increase the penalty by -1.

If you use Mysteries, a quiet sound (a whisper, say), would be at +0 two yards away and at -8 thirty-two yards away, assuming no background noise. A lot of other factors would play into the roll, however - duration of sound, levels of distraction, volume of background noise, etc.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Humabout

I'm not sure I even understand this. For every step down the table, you increase the penalty by -1.

Right, that's too small a penalty. Sound drops pretty rapidly from "you'll never miss it" to "you can't possibly hear it".

[Humabout]

I'd have to disagree. Hearing a whisper from two yards away gives a +0 to your per roll, which, in turn gives 50% chance. That's not "you'll never miss." Also, it's worth noting that the contrast between background noise and that noise can provide a bonus.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Humabout

I'd have to disagree. Hearing a whisper from two yards away gives a +0 to your per roll, which, in turn gives 50% chance. That's not "you'll never miss."

I didn't say it was. I was saying that the range difference between a 16- and a 4- is pretty modest. If I'm in a meeting and in the front row, I have no trouble hearing even if the microphone goes out. In the back row, I won't hear a thing.