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** '''Check DC:''' 20 | ** '''Check DC:''' 20 | ||
This brass tube, flared at one end, makes it easier to hear quiet nearby sounds (such as a whispered conversation in the next booth of the bar). A user of an ear trumpet gains +4 circumstance bonus to hearing-based [[Perception]] checks, for sounds that are within 20 feet of the user. However, the trumpet is around 6 inches long and looks quite absurd. Even someone unfamiliar with what an ear trumpet is used for (and most people are) would wonder why you are holding it to your ear. As a result, it inflicts a -2 penalty to [[Sleight of Hand]] and [[Stealth]] checks made to obscure the fact that you are eavesdropping. | |||
As an interesting historical note, ear trumpets have also been used to deliver poisons into a victim's ear, allowing a poison which traditionally requires an injury to inflict to be applied to an uninjured target. Sleeping targets may not even notice that the poison was delivered. (You can make a [[Sleight of Hand]] check opposed by their [[Perception]] check to apply the poison without their noticing, assuming they are asleep. If they beat your check, they wake up.) | |||
===Earplugs=== | ===Earplugs=== | ||