Elements of Stealth Games #

Good Examples to borrow from #

Arkham Predator Sequences

• Enemies become alert as their allies disappear
  • Taking out bad guys does not make the encounter easier or less dynamic

Thief

• Combat has to be bad or less than ideal

Mark of the Ninja

• As much time as you want to analyze patterns and come up with a plan
  • Planning is very hard though with the 5e philosophy of “Rulings not Rules”
  • Planning is the fun part of stealth

Trek’s Insights

• Give players the necessary knowledge they’ll need to come up with a plan
  • I want to pickpocket the guard
  • Okay that’ll be a DC 18 Sleight of Hand check. If you fail, we’ll have to roll initiative, no surprise. Does that sound good?

Bad Examples and things to avoid #

Far Cry

• Kill all the guards one by one
  • Oh and they also won’t notice their allies being killed

Skyrim

• Stealth Archer Syndrome
  • Players look for the path of least resistance, in this case stealth is optimal for risk, cost, and time