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{{OGL Top}} ===Spot ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]])=== =====Check===== The Spot skill is used primarily to detect characters or creatures who are hiding. Typically, your Spot check is opposed by the [[SRD:Hide Skill|Hide]] check of the creature trying not to be seen. Sometimes a creature isn’t intentionally hiding but is still difficult to see, so a successful Spot check is necessary to notice it. A Spot check result higher than 20 generally lets you become aware of an [[SRD:Invisibility (Spell)|invisible]] creature near you, though you can’t actually see it. Spot is also used to detect someone in disguise (see the [[SRD:Disguise Skill|Disguise]] skill), and to read lips when you can’t hear or understand what someone is saying. Spot checks may be called for to determine the distance at which an encounter begins. A penalty applies on such checks, depending on the distance between the two individuals or groups, and an additional penalty may apply if the character making the Spot check is distracted (not concentrating on being observant). {| class="zebra d20" |- ! align="left" | Condition !!Penalty |- | align="left" | Per 10 feet of distance || –1 |- | align="left" | Spotter distracted || –5 |} ======Read Lips====== To understand what someone is saying by reading lips, you must be within 30 feet of the speaker, be able to see him or her speak, and understand the speaker’s language. (This use of the skill is language-dependent.) The base [[SRD:DC|DC]] is 15, but it increases for complex speech or an inarticulate speaker. You must maintain a line of sight to the lips being read. If your Spot check succeeds, you can understand the general content of a minute’s worth of speaking, but you usually still miss certain details. If the check fails by 4 or less, you can’t read the speaker’s lips. If the check fails by 5 or more, you draw some incorrect conclusion about the speech. The check is rolled secretly in this case, so that you don’t know whether you succeeded or missed by 5. =====Epic Check===== You can pinpoint the location of an [[SRD:Invisible|invisible]] creature, or detect an illusion with a visual component. {| class="zebra d20" |- ![[SRD:DC|DC]] !! align="left" | Task |- |20 || align="left" | Notice presence of active [[SRD:Invisible|invisible]] creature |- |30 || align="left" | Notice presence of unmoving, living [[SRD:Invisible|invisible]] creature |- |40 || align="left" | Notice presence of inanimate [[SRD:Invisible|invisible]] object |- |40 || align="left" | Notice presence of unmoving, unliving [[SRD:Invisible|invisible]] creature |- |80 || align="left" | Defeat illusion |} You can use Spot to notice the presence of an [[SRD:Invisible|invisible]] creature. The relevant [[SRD:DC|DCs]] are reprinted here. If you beat the [[SRD:DC|DC]] by 20 or more, you can pinpoint the location of the [[SRD:Invisible|invisible]] creature, though it still maintains total [[SRD:Concealment|concealment]] from you (50% miss chance). ======Defeat Illusion====== You can automatically detect any illusion with a visual component for what it truly is. No [[SRD:Saving Throw|Will]] save is required, and you don’t have to interact with the illusion (but you must be able to see it). ======Using Spot to Read Lips====== {| class="zebra d20" |- ! align="left" | Task !![[SRD:DC|DC]] Modifier |- | align="left" | Read lips while moving at up to full speed||+20 |- | align="left" | Pronounce unfamiliar language ||+20 |} ======Pronounce Unfamiliar Language====== This use of the skill allows you to repeat the speech of an observed creature, potentially allowing a comrade to translate the speech. It doesn’t grant you any ability to understand the language spoken. =====Action===== Varies. Every time you have a chance to spot something in a reactive manner you can make a Spot check without using an action. Trying to spot something you failed to see previously is a [[SRD:Move Actions|move action]]. To read lips, you must concentrate for a full minute before making a Spot check, and you can’t perform any other action (other than moving at up to half speed) during this minute. =====Try Again===== Yes. You can try to spot something that you failed to see previously at no penalty. You can attempt to read lips once per minute. Poop =====Special===== A [[SRD:Fascinated|fascinated]] creature takes a –4 penalty on Spot checks made as reactions. If you have the [[SRD:Alertness|Alertness feat]], you get a +2 bonus on Spot checks. A [[SRD:Ranger|ranger]] gains a bonus on Spot checks when using this skill against a favored enemy. An [[SRD:Elves (Race)|elf]] has a +2 racial bonus on Spot checks. A [[SRD:Half-Elves (Race)|half-elf]] has a +1 racial bonus on Spot checks. The master of a hawk [[SRD:Familiars|familiar]] gains a +3 bonus on Spot checks in daylight or other lighted areas. The master of an owl [[SRD:Familiars|familiar]] gains a +3 bonus on Spot checks in shadowy or other darkened areas. {{SRD Skill Footer}} [[Category:Wisdom|{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]
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