Stealth Shenanigans

Being sneaky has benefits like having the initiative and engaging on your terms. Also not being perceived, which is nice.

In general, if you want to be stealthy and sneak around, make sure nobody has line of sight on you. This can typically be done through heavy obscuration such as darkness (see Light and Darkness later in this section) or full cover (see Environmental Factors also in this section), though other examples like psionic illusions and notably invisibility also work.

Stealth checks are called for to abstract the various details that come around with sneaking around. The sound of footsteps, breathing, clothes, and all these other details are condensed into a Stealth check when someone or something is around to hear, see, or otherwise sense you. A success means you are stealthy enough to remain undetected, while a failure means you are not and have been detected in some way.

Developer’s Note (2022-10-23): We’ll likely add more to this section as the stealth rework goes live, given its perennially finicky nature.