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<blockquote data-quote="Perun" data-source="post: 7957867" data-attributes="member: 6037"><p>I might use a high-DC Spot or Investigate check (depending on a situation), if the PCs are just participating at a social event. I might use a (slightly lower DC) Insight check if they're actively engaging in conversation with the NPC concentrating on a spell. With this check they'd be able to determine there's something else that's occupying the NPC's mind. In a social situation, the character in question might take a split second longer than is normally necessary to answer questions, laugh at jokes, might be sweating slightly, etc. That could mean they're concentrating on a spell, but also a lot of other reasons (preoccupied about a sick child/spouse, suffering from tooth-/stomachache, lost a lot of money on a gamble, etc.). Following that, an Arcana check would be able to confirm the character is indeed concentrating on a magical effect (as there could be barely noticeable effect that a trained individual might notice). Just IMO, of course <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Perun, post: 7957867, member: 6037"] I might use a high-DC Spot or Investigate check (depending on a situation), if the PCs are just participating at a social event. I might use a (slightly lower DC) Insight check if they're actively engaging in conversation with the NPC concentrating on a spell. With this check they'd be able to determine there's something else that's occupying the NPC's mind. In a social situation, the character in question might take a split second longer than is normally necessary to answer questions, laugh at jokes, might be sweating slightly, etc. That could mean they're concentrating on a spell, but also a lot of other reasons (preoccupied about a sick child/spouse, suffering from tooth-/stomachache, lost a lot of money on a gamble, etc.). Following that, an Arcana check would be able to confirm the character is indeed concentrating on a magical effect (as there could be barely noticeable effect that a trained individual might notice). Just IMO, of course :) [/QUOTE]

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