Hiding your tracks?

[Liam]

My players are behind Orcish lines, and wanted to make their tracks harder to follow. Now, what should they roll? My thoughts at the time;

Stealthy is for being seen and heard while you're there, not after you've gone.
Inconspicuous is for groups of people, and again while you are there.
Tracking seems a good choice at first glance, but knowing how to track is not the same as knowing how to not be tracked. (knowing how to be a receiver is not the same as knowing how to stop a receiver)

I finally decided (just for the night) on an open Agility test with every two successes as a +1Ob for the orcs tracking roll. I'm not sold on that method but it worked for a one time thing.

I think maybe an Inconspicuous(Outdoors) skill with specific results (something like Ob3 test to give +1Ob to opponents tracking roll) could be necessary if they want to keep doing things like that. But with a cooler name!

What do you think? How would you have handled it at the moment? What would you do long term? Does something already exist and we missed it?

Thank you,
-Liam

Football: the metaphor of metaphors

[Kublai]

Tracking or Stealthy seem like good options.

I've never heard a good solution for trying to hide things, though. Whether that be footprints, buried treasure or a knife on your person. How does one set the Obstacle for anyone looking for it?

[Kintara]

My instinct would be to make it a Tracking versus test. If the PCs succeed, then they evade the orc trackers, if they fail, then the orcs catch on to the trail. Stealthy or Inconspicuous might be good FoRKs, though.

[Berandor]

Maybe using a wise? Forest-Wise to know how to hide tracks in the woods, etc.

[luke]

I'd use a Wise, Stealthy or Tracking. FoRKs from Hunter.

Inconspicuous is not appropriate.

Kintara's also got the most elegant solution. Nice one!