Line of Sight VS Hearing

[Emerald Snow]

Some time back, I was present when someone kind of got onto another person for metagaming to a small degree when they stopped before rounding a corner and buffed up because the player could see transparent creatures that were out of the character's line of sight.

I just wanted to mention that the transparent figures that you see are a mental image of what your character can hear around that corner. If you make a character with a low Listen skill and low corresponding ability score, you will not 'hear' those creatures as early as a person with a higher Listen score does.

Just a quick note to clear this up, guys. The NWN design team made it that way for a reason ; )

Ems.

[EDM Neo]

Correction: if you have a low listen skill and low corresponding ability score, you will not 'hear' those creatures as early as a person with a higher listen score does, *if and only if* those creatures are in stealth mode.

Otherwise, everyone can hear them just fine.

[Emerald Snow]

~nodnod~ true true true : )

[Malignant Naricissism]

Very true, how often can you hear things around a corner in real life? Unless people are trying to be sneaky, or are a cat or something (who are always in stealth mode I think), generally they make some sort of noise.

[The Supreme Watcher]

For reference, the Listen skill's thing on the d20 SRD.

www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/listen.htm

A lot of PCs could hear people whispering and such around a corner!