Stealth
Actions: gen(main-action) chk|sv +M(this), hide set(PC) 10+M
Aspects: Body, Mind, Vcl
Definition
A trait skill that tests whether you can successfully conceal yourself from enemies. Stealth is mostly used to set Perception Challenges.
Stealth has a default “Body” aspect, which is associated with acts of Stealth with your body as you slink past guards, slip away without being noticed, or sneak up on someone without being seen or heard.
However, another way of using Stealth is in the art of blending-in. You play a confidence trick on all observers in that while they do see you, you do not appear out of place. This might mean that you have just enough personality so that you remain wholly unremarkable and so not memorable. This is known as the Mind aspect.
The alternative uses of Stealth are useful in different circumstances. Sometimes, you must actually be hidden, in which case the Mind aspect is not useful. In other cases you want to be seen but not noticed, or not remembered.
As you develop your character, you can decide to use Stealth in a third way: aspected by any Vcl skill in which you are qualified. You would use Stealth with a Vcl aspect instead of using it with the Body aspect. In the Vcl aspect you are using the terrain as camouflage, or performing some kind of confidence trick, by positioning yourself in a place that your opponent does not expect. This skill can also be used to hide evidence of your passage, by covering or concealing tracks, laying down various forms of distraction, or performing misdirections.
Not many characters use Stealth in two or three of the Body, Mind and a Vcl aspect, but you may do so by spending an extra skill rank, acquiring each additional aspect.