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Been done, complete with alchemical relations to metalsObviously, we can't see the sun because a lion ate it.I really desperately need to stat that lion out now
I was about to thank you and everything...
People* keep missing that the sun is not really the issue. The fact that, according to PF, baseball spectators cannot possibly notice any of the players -- that's the issue. The sun is just an amusing way to spotlight this problem.
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Nighttime: The sun makes a successful Stealth check using the Earth as cover.
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...but with a high perception check you can notice the sun's reflection on the moon and deduce that it's there.
Which means it doesn't get a surprise round.
I'm just having fun. Rules are easy enough to handwave. :P
Yeah I wasn't actually taking this seriously. hence all the Matrix references.
The Matrix is a very serious movie.
I assume, I've never actually been able to watch it.
Has anyone solved the alignment riddle yet.
Visual range perception modifier I'm considering: Penalty = (sqrt(# of 10 foot increments) rounded down. So 0-9 feet = -0, 10-39 = -1, 40-89 = -2, etc. I think that square root of distance basically corresponds with increasing difficulty in seeing things.
This would still give you a penalty of 211,847 for an object at a distance of 1 AU so giving really, REALLY huge bonuses for massive objects would still be called for. Or maybe for intense illumination of the object.
Has anyone solved the alignment riddle yet.
Everyone is Lawful Smith.
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The house-rules I am using work as normal up to 80ft and then go -4 for each doubling of the distance, with a -2 for halfway between each doubling. So that would be -8 at 80, -10 at 120, -12 at 160, -14 at 240, -16 at 320, -20 at 640 (or 1/8 miles), -24 at 1/4 miles, -28 at 1/2 miles, -32 at 1 mile, and so on. Sniping at 1/4 of a miles is the equivalent of sneaking normally 40ft away. Also, if I just calculated it right, you would get a -138 penalty to see the sun, and a -160 penalty for seeing the nearest star from earth. That seems reasonably sane AFAICT.
Obviously, we can't see the sun because a lion ate it.
Dang, that look on the suns face while the lion tries to eat it.
The Andromeda galaxy is a million trillion miles across. So all we need is for this house rule to state that objects of this size give a +220 bonus to spot.
They just don't have big enough size categories made yet all i'm saying.
How deep does the rabbit hole go?
The house-rules I am using work as normal up to 80ft and then go -4 for each doubling of the distance, with a -2 for halfway between each doubling. So that would be -8 at 80, -10 at 120, -12 at 160, -14 at 240, -16 at 320, -20 at 640 (or 1/8 miles), -24 at 1/4 miles, -28 at 1/2 miles, -32 at 1 mile, and so on. Sniping at 1/4 of a miles is the equivalent of sneaking normally 40ft away. Also, if I just calculated it right, you would get a -138 penalty to see the sun, and a -160 penalty for seeing the nearest star from earth. That seems reasonably sane AFAICT.Andromeda galaxy, 2.5Mly, -220 to see, easily visible if you know where to look.
Proxima, -160 to see, invisible to the naked eye of any human.It can't be based just on distance. That way gets silly.
Andromeda - unless you have the right telescope you can't tell it's a galaxy - can you?
Some sort of Perception chart is required* - taking in to account object size, distance, effects that give bonuses and penalties, details you can actually make out. Shouldn't be too hard.
*Or the GM can just call it there and then.
Cheers
Mark
For a realistic rule, doubling the size of the object should provide a bonus that exactly cancels out the penalty for doubling the distance from the object... unless there are atmospheric conditions that provide an absolute limit to visibility.
Of course Pathfinder makes compromises between realism and fun too. Do we really need a rule to tell us the sun is there?
So is it the red or the blue pill?
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I'd like to see more size categories above Colossal, and distances like close/short/medium/long/extreme/continental/solar system/transgalactic, and to get the final DC, you'd maybe multiply the size modifier by the distance DC.
So, to notice a Medium batter (x1) from the stands (Medium range; DC 10) would maybe be a DC 10 check, but for him to read the newspaper you're holding (diminutive; x4) from that same distance would be a DC 40 check. We'd have to play with the scaling and so on, but that might be a simpler and better way to go.
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Look, is this a Pathfinder thread, or a Kirthfinder thread? ;)
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I'd like to see more size categories above Colossal, and distances like close/short/medium/long/extreme/continental/solar system/transgalactic, and to get the final DC, you'd maybe multiply the size modifier by the distance DC.
So, to notice a Medium batter (x1) from the stands (Medium range; DC 10) would maybe be a DC 10 check, but for him to read the newspaper you're holding (diminutive; x4) from that same distance would be a DC 40 check. We'd have to play with the scaling and so on, but that might be a simpler and better way to go.
But--but-- DC 40? That's too anime! If you add more size categories above colossal, the game automatically becomes indistinguishable from 4e!
But--but-- DC 40? That's too anime! If you add more size categories above colossal, the game automatically becomes indistinguishable from 4e!
Gnomes exist. Pathfinder has always been anime.
You guys took some pill anyways >.>
You guys took some pill anyways >.>