Disguise

[Savar]

If a char was trying to blend into a crowd would he use sneak, hide, or something else?

[Bobmalooga]

hide is used for hiding objects or items, sneak is used to move stealthily...based on your description of the question, I'd say sneak.
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[garhkal]

Agreed. Sneaking around is not just being stealthy, but being unobtrusive when in a crowd. Wedge used his sneak to 'blend into that bar' (or was it Pash Cracken) in one of the Xwing novels.
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[Zarm R'keeg]

'Tis a good book, some great cameos/resolutions for the original characters... but very much not the same. Worth reading, and good, but it's a new kind of beast, rather than another entry that feels like the original series.
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[Theodrim]

I'd say it really depends upon context, depending upon what your definition of "blending in" is. This is one of those things for which several skills could apply.

Sneak would work if someone is trying to physically hide in a crowd -- hunch down, pop a collar or put a hat on, or generally avoid being seen. The flip side of that is, doing that can be quite conspicuous especially to people in the crowd who may get suspicious in their own right or start avoiding the person trying to hide (all of these things being potential complications for a 1 on the WD).

Conversely, if we're discussing acting as and looking a part of the crowd to avoid notice (since being seen is not the same as being noticed), it's a much more open question. Alien species could work (for example, moving into a crowd of aliens and not being treated with suspicion or avoided by the crowd), cultures could work as well (insofar as not sticking out as foreign), and even streetwise could work, but the definitive go-to skill would be con.

This is the kind of situation where, as a GM, you ideally want players to play to their characters' own strengths with creativity and roleplaying savvy, opposed to a simple panacea skill they may not actually have (but, potentially, skills that would also apply).

Let's take a look, for example, at this scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgfpIV29Ccc

Indy's talking about Brody using a combination of culture, languages, streetwise and con to blend into the local culture and use contacts to move completely under the Nazis' notice.

[garhkal]

[Savar]

i was working on a pickpocket and was reading up on the rules. I have seen a number of movies ware the thief got away and when he got caught. Hence the blending into the crowd question.

Con, persuasion, cultures i could see, trying to fit in to the crowd.

[DougRed4]

Yeah, I can see different skills being used for different situations.

A game I've been running a lot lately (The One Ring) often has situations where the GM can say "You can use Persuade or Inspire", picking between the two [and there are differences in the game between those two skills; one is fueled by one's passion (Heart) and the other by their smarts (Wits)].

The part I struggle with is a game system where the GM throws out potential skills to be used, and the player (just using human nature) starts hunting on their character sheet, looking for what they're 'best' at, rather than what makes the most sense.

So - to use this example as an illustration - the GM says "Well, as you try to lose yourself in the crowd, make a roll. You can use either Sneak, or Streetwise, or Alien Cultures, or Con..."

Player: "Well, I've got 6D in Streetwise, so I'll go with that!"

See what I mean? Hunting for the biggest/best possibility, rather than the GM and player working together to find the skill that best summarizes the situation.
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[Savar]

For a cinematic game describe what your trying to do, have the gm decide the best skill.

[Raven Redstar]

I usually just have them roll sneak. I seem to recall that Shadowing was a specialization of Sneak in the R&E RAW.
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