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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8199798" data-attributes="member: 6779196">That’s one way to look at it. Under this lens, a passive check is comparable to taking 10 in 3e. Personally, I tend to use passive checks when an action is performed continuously over time - keeping watch for danger or moving stealthily while traveling overland or exploring  a dungeon, for example.The rules for Working Together should allow a strong climber to grant a weak climber advantage even without taking disadvantage, provided they came up with a reasonable approach to help. Personally, I don’t much like the RAW for group checks. I prefer, when the group could fail if anyone fails, to have only the character with the lowest modifier roll, so the party can work together to shore up their weakest point before attempting something together. If the group could succeed if anyone succeeds, I have the character with the highest modifier roll.Certainly! One thing to keep in mind though is that the cognitive load for the DM is greater when considering all combinations of skills and abilities than when just considering the 6 abilities and each of the skills normally associated with them. For this reason, it can be beneficial to set the expectation that the DM only calls for ability checks, and the player suggests a proficiency if they think they have one that is applicable. Then as DM you can either agree and allow the proficiency to apply, or disagree and have the player make the unmodified ability check.</blockquote>

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