Hi Merric,
Do you happen to have a link to Mearl's tweet, or the exact language he used?
I thought I noted it down somewhere, but can't find it now.
Thanks.
https://twitter.com/mikemearls/statuses/496747951570448384
Cheers!
Hi Merric,
Do you happen to have a link to Mearl's tweet, or the exact language he used?
I thought I noted it down somewhere, but can't find it now.
Thanks.
Adding a -5 to Passive Perception with disadvantage is RAW, per the basic rules (p60, v0.2). But disadvantage only applies to Perception checks that rely on sight (p65).
In normal cases, it's unmodified Passive Perception before the ambush and unmodified active Perception afterwards.
I think the first sentence of the second paragraph of the "Hiding" sidebar runs counter to the implication you suggest:On thing I think is really intended to be implied is that in a normal hide roll you aren't necessarily completely visually undetectable. You have something to hide behind (and we can make a nod to prior editions and allow that to be as little as half-cover it we want to), and you aren't intentionally making noise, and then your stealth check determines how well you manage to hide your visual and auditory presence.