Spot Hidden

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 Spot Hidden (25%) 

This skill allows the user to spot a secret door or compartment, notice a hidden intruder, find an inconspicuous clue, recognize a repainted automobile, become aware of ambushers, notice a bulging pocket, or anything similar. This is an important skill in the armory of an investigator.

When an investigator is searching for a character who is hiding, the opponent's Stealth skill is used to set the difficulty level for the roll.

If a character has only a fleeting chance to spot something, perhaps while running past it, the Keeper may raise the level of difficulty. If the character is conducting a thorough search, the Keeper may award an automatic success. The difficulty level might also be adapted to reflect the environment, it being harder to spot something in a cluttered room.

Opposing skill/Difficulty level:


 * Regular difficulty: searching a room for clues.
 * Hard difficulty: searching for something that has been purposely well hidden.

Pushing examples: taking more time to observe the area; pulling the place apart; dismantling the furniture and smashing the porcelain statues.

Sample Consequences of failing a Pushed roll: inadvertently drop something of your own while searching, which will make it clear that you have been there (the investigator will not realize this at the time); you fail to spot the paw print in the mud and are surprised when the red-eyed beast leaps at you from the trees; while you managed to find a clue, you didn't notice the cultists arriving home.


 * If an insane investigator fails a pushed roll, they are convinced that something is there and that they will find it under the wallpaper, hidden in the plaster, or beneath the floorboards.