Tailing & Hidden Followers¶

Detection and counter-tailing
Tailing & Hidden Followers

NPCs may secretly follow you between locations.
Guards, thieves, witnesses, and others can tail you
without appearing in the room description.

DETECTION:
  Passive Perception checks happen automatically
  when you move between locations.

  Critical success — You see who is following you.
  Success — You sense someone following you.
  Failure — You notice nothing.

COMMANDS:
  look behind            Active check (+15 bonus)
  lose tail              Attempt to shake a follower
  shake tail             Same as lose tail

MODIFIERS:
  Crowds (markets, taverns) make detection harder.
  Wilderness/empty areas make detection easier.
  Shadow skill provides counter-tailing bonus.
  Multiple tails are harder to coordinate.

TAIL TYPES:
  Guard     — Sent when notoriety is high
  Witness   — Saw a crime, reports to guards
  Thief     — Targeting your valuables
  Bandit    — Ambush in wilderness
  Stalker   — Quest-driven obsession