Posted by MrKriNkL on December 02, 1999 at 07:03:21:
In Reply to: Re: I see... posted by petro on December 01, 1999 at 11:28:40:
> > > I'm disagreeing that rangers should be able to see assassins who are hidden in the forest. despite being masters of the forest, rangers are not > > How do you figure that? > > Let's take two people.. one a ranger, the other an assassin. > > We're in a forest of pine trees. We got one person, the assassin, who's standing behind a tree, acting sneaky. We got another person, the ranger, who's covered himself in pine needles and stashed himself in a gully with nothing but a small hole to the surface that might give him away. > > Who is easier to find? The guy behind the tree, or the guy laying in the ditch covered in pine needles? > > Would look to me like they are both basically hiding in the shadows, although the ranger would be doing so in a more complete manner. > > Therefor, if we both can agree that a ranger is hidden better than an assassin in a forest, wouldn't it make sense that if the ranger could see other rangers hidden in a similar manner, that the ranger could also find the guy behind the tree? > > ...Rome... > I can understand your point of view, and agree with it somewhat, but still feel they're two very different specializations however they are linked.
> > > masters of the shadows and hiding in the shadows created by the forest, is different than camoing in a bush.
> If you had 2 doctors specializing in different fields, one may step out of his field and correctly diagnose a patient in the other doctor's field
> of expertise based on common training in med school all doctors receive, but this would not happen 10 times out of 10. I think since the skills
> are somewhat similiar a ranger should have a chance to see the assassin, but the skill could fail. Also, given your arguement if the 2 skills are
> that similiar should the assassin not have at least a small chance at being able to see the camoed ranger, especially if he has mastered the hide skill?
By that logic..Rangers can camo in cities if 100% at that skill i mean it mustn't be that much harder to blend into they grays of stone then green maybe different face paint..? And see Thieves and assassins there to..I mean they do have acute vision and i dont know anybody that could stand in one spot in the shadows without so much as moving for hours could see the little differences