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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 7249963" data-attributes="member: 6787503">sI use passive Perception in a way similar to that which [MENTION=97077]iserith[/MENTION] does, which I think is strongly in-line with what a straight reading of the section, Activity While Travelling, on pages 182-83 of the PHB, would suggest. With reference to hidden threats (i.e. traps and creatures), you are assumed to be actively searching for them (i.e. &quot;watching for danger&quot;) at all times, unless you have turned your attention to some other task instead. That doesn't mean the DM needs to call for a roll. A passive score is used instead of a roll whenever the attempted task is done repeatedly, or the DM wants to keep the ability check secret from the players. I think both criteria potentially apply in the case of keeping watch for hidden threats while travelling. Also, which rank you are marching in can affect whether or not it is possible to notice a hidden threat. Taken all together, if the DM determines whether a character is fictionally positioned to notice a particular threat, both by the player's action declaration and by declared marching order, before resorting to a resolution method, then determining success or failure hinges more on the choices the players are making and less on what scores they have and what resolution method you use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 7249963, member: 6787503"] s I use passive Perception in a way similar to that which [MENTION=97077]iserith[/MENTION] does, which I think is strongly in-line with what a straight reading of the section, Activity While Travelling, on pages 182-83 of the PHB, would suggest. With reference to hidden threats (i.e. traps and creatures), you are assumed to be actively searching for them (i.e. "watching for danger") at all times, unless you have turned your attention to some other task instead. That doesn't mean the DM needs to call for a roll. A passive score is used instead of a roll whenever the attempted task is done repeatedly, or the DM wants to keep the ability check secret from the players. I think both criteria potentially apply in the case of keeping watch for hidden threats while travelling. Also, which rank you are marching in can affect whether or not it is possible to notice a hidden threat. Taken all together, if the DM determines whether a character is fictionally positioned to notice a particular threat, both by the player's action declaration and by declared marching order, before resorting to a resolution method, then determining success or failure hinges more on the choices the players are making and less on what scores they have and what resolution method you use. [/QUOTE]

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