Listen « Biohazard

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LISTEN INTRODUCTION
The listen ability is one of the most basic, allowing your own character to hear what is going on around him, from the sounds of his/her environment, to those who are traversing through it. It can be used to listen in on conversations, to hear the sound of someone attempting to sneak up behind your character for an attack, or even to pin point the exact or relative location of a unseen enemy, among other things. At times listen checks may be made by the DM so as to retain the element of surprise for the players if they fail the check. In the case of a character or NPC attempting to be quiet, the listen ability will be directly opposed by the move silently ability check of said target(s). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LISTENING EXAMPLES
Below is a table with some examples of different types of sounds and the various dice check rolls that are needed for your character you hear those sounds. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dice Check	Example of Sound
0	People talking at an average volume nearby.
5	A normal person attempting to be quiet walking through the woods.
10	A normal person attempting to be quiet walking on pavement.
15	A skilled tracker using move silently in the woods.
20	A skilled tracker using move silently on pavement.
25	The sound of a cat stalking prey.
30	The sound of an owl gliding in for a kill.
+1	penalty added for every 10 feet of distance from the listener
+5	penalty added to listener when listening through a door.
+10	penalty added to listen check when heard through a wall.

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ADVANCED USES
In most cases players will be given a listen check any time they have a chance to hear something in a reactive manner. As a full round action a player can attempt to listen to something they failed to hear in a previous listen check. A times when a group of players are all together in the same place and have the same chance to hear the same thing, the DM will usually make the check for all of them with one roll. Characters who know the advanced ability alertness gain a bonus to listen checks based on their level in that ability, on top of their normal ranks.

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