How does a Blood Hunter's "hunters bane" tracking ability work? Do you need to be actively tracking a specific enemy type, for example Fey, in order to not be surprised by that enemy type? Or can you declare "I am tracking fey" and get general protection from surprises?
For example, if your Blood Hunter was on a mission where they knew they will most likely encounter a Fey enemy, do they need to find trackable evidence of that enemy (such as footprints) in order to benefit from the protection from surprise?
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They say "evil prevails when good men fail to act", what they ought to say is "evil prevails".
If you are actively tracking one of these creature types, you cannot be surprised by any creatures of that type.
So yes, you must be specifically tracking something in order to not be surprised only by that type of creature.
You can maybe look for fey traces (which would also be a survival check) then if you find some, track it. But you can't just declare you are tracking something without finding tracks.
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How does a Blood Hunter's "hunters bane" tracking ability work? Do you need to be actively tracking a specific enemy type, for example Fey, in order to not be surprised by that enemy type? Or can you declare "I am tracking fey" and get general protection from surprises?
For example, if your Blood Hunter was on a mission where they knew they will most likely encounter a Fey enemy, do they need to find trackable evidence of that enemy (such as footprints) in order to benefit from the protection from surprise?
They say "evil prevails when good men fail to act", what they ought to say is "evil prevails".
Seems pretty straight forward.
So yes, you must be specifically tracking something in order to not be surprised only by that type of creature.
You can maybe look for fey traces (which would also be a survival check) then if you find some, track it. But you can't just declare you are tracking something without finding tracks.