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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7789267" data-attributes="member: 23751">Even perception often requires action.  You have to look at something to perceive it, and that's an action on the part of the one looking.  Passive perception isn't really passive at all.  It's just that people are always acting(looking about).In game terms when the player tells the DM what his PC is doing, the DM is the one who decides if an ability check is called for or not.  Passive checks are also dicated by the DM and not the players, so I'm not sure what your point really is.  Active or passive, the DM is the one who decides.</blockquote>