Stealth Initiative

What is Stealth Initiative

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tealth Initiative is a way to allow for a more Running Stealth Initiative will require a different mindset
forgiving and interesting stealth mission then combat encounters. For a Stealth Initiative encounter to
experience. Instead of relying on one stealth check be effective, it needs two things:
to determine if the party fails or not, the party will
enter Stealth Initiative with any NPCs or Environment
Monsters nearby. Depending on how well or Making sure that your environment has plenty of places to
poorly the characters do on their stealth checks, hide, as well as things to interact with is particularly
they can move NPCs and Monsters up and down Awareness important in Stealth Initiative.
Stages.
Avenues of Movement
Awareness Track Giving your players plenty of options when it comes to routes,
distractions, and lethality is very important.
Track State Effect
0 Unaware Normal. Apply passive perception.
Spends an action each round to make a
-1 Cautious Perception check, but does not actively
search.
-2 Alert Actively searches.
Aware of your exact location. Will alert
-3 Aware
others if available.

If you fail a Stealth check, the NPC will move -1 on the

Awareness Track. If you fail a stealth check by 5 or more the
NPC will move -2 on the Awareness Track.
If you succeed on a Stealth Check the track does not
change, if you succeed by 5 or more than the track moves +1.
Turns
Players receive their typical 3 Action (Bonus Action,
Movement and Standard Action). They will also have to make
a Stealth check as a Free Action after their movement each
turn.
The following are available as Standard Actions in Stealth
Initiative:
Hide
Using the Hide action as your Standard Action will give you
+2 to your Stealth check.
Distract
Using the distract option allows players to roll a Deception
check against the NPCs Intelligence. If the Stealth check
succeeds the NPC Intelligence Check it cannot use its
Perception until the end of its next turn. If the Deception
check fails, the player will get -2 to their next Stealth check.
Dash
Any player that takes the dash action will roll their next
Stealth check with disadvantage.
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