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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8649682" data-attributes="member: 7006">This is why I personally oftentimes make rolls for determining the DCs needed to find secret doors or traps.&nbsp; I determine for myself who probably installed that door or traps, what their INT (Mechanics) check might be-- &quot;Mechanics&quot; is my own skill I add to my games for all mechanical and engineering types of knowledge and skill-- then I'll roll a d20 and add the bonus (plus sometimes with Advantage if I think the person had help designing/installing these things or if they just had the time to really work on it.)&nbsp; Then whatever the roll plus modifier equaled, that's the DC to find said door or trap.Maybe it ends up being lower than the Passive Perceptions of all the PCs, maybe not.&nbsp; But at least it's not determined outright whether they will be found through PP.&nbsp; (Although honestly I don't really keep track of what stats the players have on their sheets, so I don't think I could auto-decide if I wanted to, as I don't really know off-hand what their Passive Perceptions are anyway.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8649682, member: 7006"] This is why I personally oftentimes make rolls for determining the DCs needed to find secret doors or traps. I determine for myself who probably installed that door or traps, what their INT (Mechanics) check might be-- "Mechanics" is my own skill I add to my games for all mechanical and engineering types of knowledge and skill-- then I'll roll a d20 and add the bonus (plus sometimes with Advantage if I think the person had help designing/installing these things or if they just had the time to really work on it.) Then whatever the roll plus modifier equaled, that's the DC to find said door or trap. Maybe it ends up being lower than the Passive Perceptions of all the PCs, maybe not. But at least it's not determined outright whether they will be found through PP. (Although honestly I don't really keep track of what stats the players have on their sheets, so I don't think I could auto-decide if I wanted to, as I don't really know off-hand what their Passive Perceptions are anyway.) [/QUOTE]

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