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Stealthy
Stealthy units can move without being seen on the strategic map. This allows them to try to infiltrate hostile territories. Patrolling units and the inherent patrol effect from province defense can however discover them.
Stealth strength = (Leader's stealth ability) - (number of stealthy units under their command with stealth ability < 50)
Destealth strength = (Sum of patrolling units' patrol strengths) - min(unrest, 100)/2 + max(0, province defense - 14)
Sneaking units are discovered if:
Destealth + 2d25 > Stealth + 2d25
Both of these rolls are open-ended.
Practicalities of Stealth
A stealthy commander has a number of interesting uses:
Scouting and witnessing battles their nation isn't involved in.
Spies can reveal additional information, cause unrest or infiltrate capitals.
Ferrying and carrying
gems and
items for an army.
Avoiding fights.
A commander set to perform a stealthy order does so before other orders such as rituals or assassinations, which can make them very difficult to catch, and rather effective at
raiding. Using a ritual such as
Teleport or
Cloud Trapeze on top of a stealthy raider that has switched orders to hide or sneak will therefore not initiate combat.
Starting fights.
They can attack provinces the enemy thought were safe. When done on a massive scale, it is usually referred to as "elfing".
This can be done by sneaking even through friendly lands so that enemy scouts do not see their approach.
Using a ritual such as
Teleport or
Cloud Trapeze on top of a friendly stealthy unit that has switched orders to attack their current province (without moving) will have the stealthy unit join the fight in the
Magic Phase.
Moving into our out of
forts that are under
siege.
Priests, if stealthy, can hide and
preach in an enemy province.
Commanders set on stealthy orders (hide or sneak) are unaffected by:
Commanders set on stealthy orders are still affected by:
Mind Hunt, both as a valid target and protecting astral mage
Vengeful Water
Vengeance of the Dead
Murdering Winter
Using the
wish spell to wish for friends, and being in the affected province