Game Mechanics: Sneak Aggro Cone inverted

[Hakurou]

To illustrate my sneak analogy I dug up an old quest guide for the worker sledgemallet, which sadly is from 2003 and it states:

Well, if you're a class with Sneak such as Monk or Rogue, then you still have an advantage. With Sneak on and standing behind Captain Rotgrimes you can turn in your Sarnak Braids to him and receive the faction without him turning around and attacking you.



The twist here is that Rotgrimes walks back and forth in front of his 'troops', other skeletons, and faces them. Sneak is only indifferent from behind a NPC, Hide has no relevance to this as it cannot be used for turn-ins (because Hide turns off when you initiate a turn-in to an NPC). This means that if you're standing behind the other skeletons, Rotgrime will see and attack you. If you're standing behind Rotgrime, the skeletons will see and attack you.



There are 2 ways to get around this problem. First would be to have a Monk pull Rotgrime away from the pack a safe distance and then do the turn-ins behind him. The second way is much bolder and fun! Those with Sneak know that it works not only BEHIND a NPC but from the SIDE of a NPC as well.



To a certain extent you can walk up to the side an NPC and as long as you are not within his frontal view you will remain indifferent (assuming a successful Sneak, indifferent from the back). So, you can actually stand at the side of both Rotgrime and the skeleton that he faces and be indifferent to BOTH! This allows you to do the turn-in solo.

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