RObiN-HoOD
Explorer
In my party, which I DM, we have a serious problem regarding the Spot and Search skills.
Two of the players, which are also DMs and experienced players, believe the fact that they have to use the Spot skill to “NOTICE” something hiding, for example in the night when a PC is at guard protecting and watching the sleeping PCs. That’s ok. I roll spot and hide skills check to see what’s going on. Assuming that they fail the spot check and they don’t see a monster hiding, they claim that they can use the Search skill to “actively” search (as it is mentioned in the search skill description), not just notice (as stated in spot skill description) if someone is hiding.
I believe this is wrong, not to mention overruling. This is like getting 2 chances on finding someone and in particular with two different rankings (one from spot and one from search).
Am I right or wrong to think that only Spot check counts as apposed to hide and nothing else?
HELP!!!
Two of the players, which are also DMs and experienced players, believe the fact that they have to use the Spot skill to “NOTICE” something hiding, for example in the night when a PC is at guard protecting and watching the sleeping PCs. That’s ok. I roll spot and hide skills check to see what’s going on. Assuming that they fail the spot check and they don’t see a monster hiding, they claim that they can use the Search skill to “actively” search (as it is mentioned in the search skill description), not just notice (as stated in spot skill description) if someone is hiding.
I believe this is wrong, not to mention overruling. This is like getting 2 chances on finding someone and in particular with two different rankings (one from spot and one from search).
Am I right or wrong to think that only Spot check counts as apposed to hide and nothing else?
HELP!!!