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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mergon" data-source="post: 6684272" data-attributes="member: 6749136">ForgedAnvil:  YAR (Yet Another Request). Again for 1.56 or later.On the Custom tab of course; any chance of another description line below 'Languages'? It would be for equipment granted by the Background. At the moment I am just adding that information to the bottom of the Feature description text field.Also, in reference to someone else's request for Passive (Investigation) fields/boxes. At first I also thought this was something only granted by the Observant feat. However, I have since discovered that Passive can be used with other skills also. The reference to this in PHB is obsure, but has been confirmed by officials sources. I'll see if I track those references down again and add a link here.Link: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/2l69tp/ama_mike_mearls_codesigner_of_dd_5_head_of_dd_rd/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/2l69tp/ama_mike_mearls_codesigner_of_dd_5_head_of_dd_rd/</a>  You can find the reference to Passives (by Mike Mearls) by doign a webpage search usign the 'Passive" keyword.  I will paste the relevant section here for you""[–]<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mikemearls" target="_blank">mikemearls</a>Head of D&D R&D[<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/2l69tp/ama_mike_mearls_codesigner_of_dd_5_head_of_dd_rd/" target="_blank">S</a>] 36 points 9 months ago Any skill can be used passively - it's up the DM to apply that as needed.  For perception checks, you passive result is always in effect. If you  could see something with a DC 10 check and your passive is 11, you see  it without rolling.  Keep in mind, though, that a DM might rule otherwise. Passive checks  are a tool that groups can use to speed up the game or move past die  results that slow things down or lead to a grind."  In the PHB, p.175:"A passive check is a special kind o f ability check thatdoesn’t involve any die rolls. Such a check can representthe average result for a task done repeatedly, such assearching for secret doors over and over again, or canbe used when the DM wants to secretly determinewhether the characters succeed at something withoutrolling dice, such as noticing a hidden monster."At the very least, if you go with the idea that the only way to get Passive Investigation is through the feat, it would be nice to have Passive Perception show up with Passive Perception. <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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