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I look at these and the only thing that comes to mind is "They're undead, Jim."

"Probably to simplify grapples and bull rushes and such."

As a very long time player of D&D in its many variants, this is one of the biggest bugbears of the game. Pun intended.

However, I think I'm going to agree with Rumpkin that this is homebrew stuff as at this point it's VERY unlikely to change.

I'm a little surprised, but it seems Paizo never learned the lesson: If you don't prepare for the "hug o' death", you'll pay with PR.

For all you folks waiting to get your likely very, very cheap PDFs: try to be patient. Eventually either Paizo will put up a better solution, or the HB campaign will end, the crush will ease and their current personalization solution will be sufficient again (until the next crush). Of course, that means you may need to wait for 12+ days at this point. But hey, anticipation can be nice, no?

Here's how I see it. I saved a LOT of money on the PDFs. At the very worst I don't have my personal copies for this week, but sense I game every other week at the worst I'll have them next session.

Wait, what?

If you're trying to sneak up on something then you need to be aware it is there, thus at least one of the characters has to be aware.

If two rouges are wandering around in the dark I would simply do two sets of opposed rolls, stealth vs perception. If Rouge A fails stealth against Rogue B he sees them and vice versa.

If neither do then neither do, and if they both do they both do.

Admittedly this is probably a house rule, haven't cracked open a book in a while but it seems a fair way of doing it to me.

And with that, I would never allow any PC to take 10 on a stealth check period. There are always consequences for failing. Yes, they may not be immediately lethal but if there were none at all I'd simply say "OK, you sneak around. where are you going?"

This, though it's not necessary in my game due to non-rules lawyer muchkins, would also prevent "OK, why can't I move really slowly and take 20" type arguments as well.

Again, personal interpretation and likely a house rule.