Mike is absolutely correct. Remember those hidden VC bases? You interrogate and bribe the prisoners and cross check their statements. Just what does the term "scout" mean? It means someone goes out there and gathers the information. Intentions are the hard part, but that is an entirely different level of the 'art'.
Ed
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:18:10 -0500>From: richard devereux [mailto:rd@pagan-47.fsnet.co.uk]
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>RD: I suggest that a character in a 'hidden' or 'warded' pop should be
>immune from scouting. How on earth could an enemy scout find out
whether
>Balin was in Khazad-dum, or Thranduil in Lorien, or come to that Ren
the
>Unclean in Barad Ungol?The way most spy-types find stuff out. By bribing some local (be it a
thug, merchant, or low-level army officer). These locals certainly have
business which takes out on the road from time to time. The agent is
just searching the area, and bribing (or torturing) locals for the info
they need. "Yes! Yes! I saw Balin in Khazad-dum yesterday! Just please
make it stop!"Note that I still agree that it should be more difficult to find a
character in a hidden PC. Just not impossible.Mike Mulka
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