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jemmus wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 12:36 am Fuma climbing rolled failed, but his ninjutsu roll succeeded, so he remains undetected. He needs a successful (Deftness/2) +1 roll to climb the wall. Using the numbers on the map, please state where he climbs. Last evening, Kaida saw the dog sheltering from the rain under the columned walkway in the southeast (around the text "roofed columns").

Grognardsw wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2024 3:57 am Jinsei, realizing the dog hadn’t detected them, yet Fuma was stepping east instead of joining him under the floor, per the plan, chirped a cricket sound and wildly waved his arm for his fellow ninja to stop. He signed quickly - let dog come to us! movement is risk! two blowguns better then one! wait for dog to come close!

Assuming with magic night vision Fuma can see Jinsei, besides hearing the cricket.

I like that image. A few things here.
a)The dog detected something in the area because of Minoru's failed ninjutsu roll. That was followed by Fuma's failed ninjutsu roll, which caused the dog to spot him and bark at him.

b) Fuma then had a successful ninjutsu roll. He needs to get out of the dog's field of vision to use it. We'll say that he could do that by backing under the eaves of the wall's roof. With the successful roll, he can't be seen or heard, even by Jinsei and Minoru. (It seems kind of counter-intuitive, but I don't see anything in the rules saying that ninja in the same group can detect each other after a ninjutsu success. Fuma is effectively out of sight). Jinsei and Minoru need Detection of Hidden Things (Wit) STs to detect Fuma.

c) To sign that message to Fuma, Jinsei needs a successful kuji-kuri roll. And Fuma needs a successful roll to understand it. I think probably both PCs have a BCS (Base Chance of Success) of 10 or less. But Jinsei could also just gesture a simple universally understood "Come here!" without using kuji-kuri. However, Fuma can't see Jinsei, because Jinsei is in almost total darkness under the house, and Fuma can only see in that 1 yard per his level. But Fuma can hear the warning cricket chirp sign.

d) Reminder that fuma has a powerful han-kyu short bow with a range much longer than the blowgun's.

e) Minoru add a ninjutsu roll to his action of going flat on the roof if you'd like.

With that in mind, Jinsei and Minoru can rewind and restate their actions if they'd like.