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That's because Comprehension Through Pugilation isn't a listed skill in 5E. It should be.
Or see “Percussive Questioning” in the Player’s Fistbook.
That's because Comprehension Through Pugilation isn't a listed skill in 5E. It should be.
If I asked my players, "HOW do you try to figure out how many creatures there are," I assume I'd get a blank look and something like, "I look closely at the tracks...?" What else would you expect from yours?
I feel like this is requesting TOO MUCH information for one check, so I went choice 5, a combo.A character (not a ranger) has found some animal tracks and wants to try and determine information from them, including what type of creature made them, how many there are, and whether any are injured. What kind of check would you have them make?
The point, if oblique, is that if the player says how they might identify the tracks, the question of what ability should resolve itself.
Wisdom survival for most.A character (not a ranger) has found some animal tracks and wants to try and determine information from them, including what type of creature made them, how many there are, and whether any are injured. What kind of check would you have them make?
1. Wisdom (Survival)
2. Wisdom (Perception)
3. Intelligence (Investigation)
4. Intelligence (Nature)
5. Some other combination, like Intelligence (Survival) or Wisdom (Investigation)?
Careful, "scouring" could imply a strength based check.In cases where the character needs to take a physical action, yes. In cases like this, where what's called for is largely happening in the character's head, the result is apt to be ambiguous. If we are too picky about naming approaches, we risk the, "Well, *how* do you search the room? What *exactly* do you look at?" that was a hallmark of previous editions, and more recently replaced with just "I search" without need for any particularly stated approach.
The character is really scouring the inside of their head for anything they know that applies. So, give them the benefit of the doubt, and apply the best option. If that gives them something that bears closer examination with one particular skill, they can follow on with that.
And would that be sufficient to identify the tracks?