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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 6360697" data-attributes="member: 3586">It's because it's not part of the active check.The rationale is that most of the time you're not actively searching for hidden opponents. In fact, the only time you are is during your turn when you declare the &quot;Search&quot; action.At all other times you're not actively looking for hidden opponents. At that point, by the Hide sidebar, you use your Passive Perception score. This is further mentioned in the section on Noticing Threats in Chapter 8. &quot;Use the passive Wisdom (Perception) scores of the characters to determine whether anyone in the group notices a hidden threat.&quot; and the section on Surprise in Chapter 9. &quot;the DM compares the Dexterity (Stealth) checks of anyone hiding with the Wisdom (Perception) score of each creature on the opposing side.&quot;Interestingly, score is specifically defined in the rules: &quot;The game refers to a passive ability check as a score&quot; (Chapter 7). So, that last reference should really have a &quot;passive&quot; there to make it clearer.From this, I take it that if the character attempting to hide rolls lower than the Passive Perception scores of the opponents, he fails to hide.That's the reasoning, at least.Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 6360697, member: 3586"] It's because it's not part of the active check. The rationale is that most of the time you're not actively searching for hidden opponents. In fact, the only time you are is during your turn when you declare the "Search" action. At all other times you're not actively looking for hidden opponents. At that point, by the Hide sidebar, you use your Passive Perception score. This is further mentioned in the section on Noticing Threats in Chapter 8. "Use the passive Wisdom (Perception) scores of the characters to determine whether anyone in the group notices a hidden threat." and the section on Surprise in Chapter 9. "the DM compares the Dexterity (Stealth) checks of anyone hiding with the Wisdom (Perception) score of each creature on the opposing side." Interestingly, [b]score[/b] is specifically defined in the rules: "The game refers to a passive ability check as a [b]score[/b]" (Chapter 7). So, that last reference should really have a "passive" there to make it clearer. From this, I take it that if the character attempting to hide rolls lower than the Passive Perception scores of the opponents, he fails to hide. That's the reasoning, at least. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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