Question #1: The middle paragraph says the talent will not work if a character is aware of the adept's presence and watching the adept. Does this mean the talent will not work in totality (it will fail to even manifest at all) if a single character meets this criteria during activation, or does it mean that stealthy stride still activates but any character(s) watching instantly sees through the talent's illusory, concealing effect for the remainder of its use?Stealthy Stride
Illusion. The adept combines fluid movement with magical effects that dampen
sound and mask his presence, including deepening shadows and using illusion to re-
main unobserved. The adept makes a Stealthy Stride test, the result being the Difficul-
ty Number for any Perception tests made to notice the adept.
This talent does not allow the adept to vanish while being observed—once a
character is aware of the adept’s presence and watching him the talent will not work.
Using Stealthy Stride halves the adept’s Movement Rate and the effect of any abilities
used to increase movement speed.
Skill Use: The non-magical version of this talent does not include the magical ef-
fects, but otherwise works the same way as the talent.
Question 1.a: Does an adept who has successfully used stealthy stride completely unobserved notice when the magical effect is deactivated without their consent? (e.g. Dispel Magic, etc)
Question 1.b: If being observed when attempting to stealthy stride (especially if being observed at all prevents its activation in totality), does the adept notice that stealthy stride fails to activate?
An example:
Bella, a Thief, is standing next to her friend in an alleyway with no one else around. Bella activates her stealthy stride talent with her friend watching, and she proceeds to creep around the corner towards two bouncers guarding the door to some seedy establishment she's trying to sneak into.
1.c: Is Bella benefiting from stealthy stride when she rounds the corner? Is she benefiting from it at all? Would she know if she wasn't? Do the guards contest the talent's use normally? Was her friend able to see her the whole time until line of sight was lost as she moved around the corner?
Question #2: Does being undetected while using stealthy stride require the utilization of cover and concealment (stealthy stride is just smoothing out the wrinkles in this case) or does using stealthy stride (talent) allow an adept to stand in the middle of a well lit, open room and avoid detection when someone walks in, looks directly where the adept is standing, and fails their Awareness test?