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Creature query - Greater Air Elementals
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 3:26 am
by electric mayhem
The GAE's in Amn Mount Pass, what feat do they have that allows them to see/spot an uber sneaker?
Re: Creature query - Greater Air Elementals
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 4:27 am
by Tsidkenu
The same thing as the wraith spiders in Durlag's, probably, which I can understand having it (lifesense or something like that). Air elementals? Not so much...
Re: Creature query - Greater Air Elementals
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 5:25 am
by Valefort
Nothing that I can see, it has 50 spot and listen though.
Re: Creature query - Greater Air Elementals
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 5:48 am
by electric mayhem
Ahh, high spot scores. That would explain it.
What's the Lore behind them having high spot/listen?
Re: Creature query - Greater Air Elementals
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 6:19 am
by Endelyon
electric mayhem wrote:Ahh, high spot scores. That would explain it.
What's the Lore behind them having high spot/listen?
Designer choice essentially when it comes to the specific numbers, when they were made the area designer just likely wanted to put a high stealth check on some certain creatures in the area. That said though in the Monstrous Manual they are noted as having a +14 bonus to spot and listen, so detection does appear to be their core skills, and it's not completely without merit in this case.
Re: Creature query - Greater Air Elementals
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:33 am
by Valefort
*Shchoowsh woosh pschuuuuwh !*
"Just 'cause.", in Auran
I don't really know but .. Why not ? Creatures that can actually detect sneakers sometimes are pretty uncommon as is.
Re: Creature query - Greater Air Elementals
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:56 am
by electric mayhem

Cool beans.
From a physics point of view. A being of 'air' would be hypersensitive to movement vibrations and could potentially be argued as having a sonar like ability to 'read' it's surroundings. Much the same as Daredevil does with his mutated ears.
Therefore, having a high spot and/or listen would likely be justified.
Maybe.

Re: Creature query - Greater Air Elementals
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:58 am
by tfunke
Endelyon wrote:electric mayhem wrote:Ahh, high spot scores. That would explain it.
What's the Lore behind them having high spot/listen?
Designer choice essentially when it comes to the specific numbers, when they were made the area designer just likely wanted to put a high stealth check on some certain creatures in the area. That said though in the Monstrous Manual they are noted as having a +14 bonus to spot and listen, so detection does appear to be their core skills, and it's not completely without merit in this case.
I pop my head in from time to time

This.
I think I also gave those spiders in durlags a feat.. something along the lines of tremor sense. Maybe I gave those air elementals the same thing as Endy mentions.