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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9076280" data-attributes="member: 6801845">If I think something would be picked up with a passive perception, I'll give it without a check.&nbsp; If it's something a passive check didn't pick up on, I'll ask for an active check which indicates that they are &quot;stopping for a moment and paying attention&quot;.&nbsp; But I see no reason to limit &quot;paying attention&quot; to be just one sense because in most cases that's not what people actually do.&nbsp; In real life if I get a sense that something's off I'm going to stop, look around, listen intently, pay attention to all my senses to figure out what it is.&nbsp; Just because I'm looking around it doesn't mean I've suddenly gone deaf.Actual in play examples always seem to be lacking here.&nbsp; A stream or podcast that shows this, an actual transcript, details of when it matters could be useful.&nbsp; Because this has never been an issue in anything I've seen or heard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9076280, member: 6801845"] If I think something would be picked up with a passive perception, I'll give it without a check. If it's something a passive check didn't pick up on, I'll ask for an active check which indicates that they are "stopping for a moment and paying attention". But I see no reason to limit "paying attention" to be just one sense because in most cases that's not what people actually do. In real life if I get a sense that something's off I'm going to stop, look around, listen intently, pay attention to all my senses to figure out what it is. Just because I'm looking around it doesn't mean I've suddenly gone deaf. Actual in play examples always seem to be lacking here. A stream or podcast that shows this, an actual transcript, details of when it matters could be useful. Because this has never been an issue in anything I've seen or heard. [/QUOTE]

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