Chris_Nightwing
First Post
My my, double post, it's been a while, but I knew you'd come back..
Why is that necessarily a flaw?
I would say that the rolls are separate. You always get a Wisdom check to notice a hidden creature. If you are actively searching, you also get an Intelligence check. Thus, active searching always improves your odds.
If only Clerics used Charisma, then we could leave Wisdom to Druids and Rangers, whom we expect to have good senses.
If you're actively searching with a lot INT, it's probably because you're not very INTelligent.
While that would resolve some of my problems with the rule, it isn't the RAW, since it clearly says "or". I'm sure I could houserule it any way I want, I'm just trying to figure out what sort of feedback to give on it to WotC, if any.
Fact is, the more I think about it, the more Search (Int) feels a bit wrong... it's just a habit after decades of D&D to assume it makes sense
The second is because of famous literature characters such as Sherlock Holmes, which is supposed to be very intelligent and use his Int for searching for clues. But he could just as well be both a high-Int and high-Wis character, using Wis for observations and Int for deductions.!
So if it's something your character is actively looking for, use INT. If it's something that your character would notice (and it's more a matter of if you notice IN TIME), use WIS.