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<blockquote data-quote="Paraxis" data-source="post: 6425633" data-attributes="member: 13009">We will get more information on exploration in the DMG, but under the passive skill section it mentions this will use passive checks.We know from reading the activities while traveling section on pages 182-183 of the PHB, the following.Multiple people can be noticing threats, there is talk about not contributing to the perception check so I assume the default is if you have two people doing this you do use the help rules and take the highest passive perception and add 5 to it, if the party moves at a fast pace they take a -5 penalty so this seems to counteract that but only if the party needs to move at 4 miles per hour instead of 3 miles per hour.As far as &quot;allowing&quot; passive checks, they are assumed default in the rules, it is the taking a 10 of this edition, it is built into the stealth and exploration sub systems.&nbsp; Not allowing passive checks in your game is like not allowing backgrounds, sure as a DM you can do it, but we are not talking about something with an &quot;optional&quot; tag here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paraxis, post: 6425633, member: 13009"] We will get more information on exploration in the DMG, but under the passive skill section it mentions this will use passive checks. We know from reading the activities while traveling section on pages 182-183 of the PHB, the following. Multiple people can be noticing threats, there is talk about not contributing to the perception check so I assume the default is if you have two people doing this you do use the help rules and take the highest passive perception and add 5 to it, if the party moves at a fast pace they take a -5 penalty so this seems to counteract that but only if the party needs to move at 4 miles per hour instead of 3 miles per hour. As far as "allowing" passive checks, they are assumed default in the rules, it is the taking a 10 of this edition, it is built into the stealth and exploration sub systems. Not allowing passive checks in your game is like not allowing backgrounds, sure as a DM you can do it, but we are not talking about something with an "optional" tag here. [/QUOTE]

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