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Is "Passive" (for Passive Perception) really the right term??
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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8703136" data-attributes="member: 6987520"><p>No worries and thank you for clarifying. I know I am "blunt" enough in my responses sometimes that it is taken in a way I didn't intend either.</p><p></p><p></p><p>They will only fail to notice if the bandits' hide checks beat their passive perceptions. Who notices depends on their scores.</p><p></p><p>In the example, the on duty PC has PP 15, the others were 10, 13, and 16. Now, as I run things, those three have disadvantage since they aren't actively trying to be alert, trusting in the on duty PC. So, we have 15, 5, 8, and 11 as the passive scores.</p><p></p><p>Rolling the Hide checks for the bandits, the results are 18, 12, and 7. So, the on duty PC notices two bandits in the shadows watching their camp (failing against the 18), while two of the other PCs notice one bandit as they are doing other things.</p><p></p><p>How the party choose to act at this point drives the narrative. I also like to sometimes do an Insight check on the bandits' part contested by the Deception of the PCs to indicate if any bandit is aware of the fact it has given itself away by watching the PCs reactions.</p><p></p><p>It is setting up things for the future (with the bandits gaining information to act on in the future or the PCs realizing they are being watched), or depending on the PCs (since they noticed) actions in that moment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 8703136, member: 6987520"] No worries and thank you for clarifying. I know I am "blunt" enough in my responses sometimes that it is taken in a way I didn't intend either. They will only fail to notice if the bandits' hide checks beat their passive perceptions. Who notices depends on their scores. In the example, the on duty PC has PP 15, the others were 10, 13, and 16. Now, as I run things, those three have disadvantage since they aren't actively trying to be alert, trusting in the on duty PC. So, we have 15, 5, 8, and 11 as the passive scores. Rolling the Hide checks for the bandits, the results are 18, 12, and 7. So, the on duty PC notices two bandits in the shadows watching their camp (failing against the 18), while two of the other PCs notice one bandit as they are doing other things. How the party choose to act at this point drives the narrative. I also like to sometimes do an Insight check on the bandits' part contested by the Deception of the PCs to indicate if any bandit is aware of the fact it has given itself away by watching the PCs reactions. It is setting up things for the future (with the bandits gaining information to act on in the future or the PCs realizing they are being watched), or depending on the PCs (since they noticed) actions in that moment. [/QUOTE]
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