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Is "perception" even a good concept?
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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 7160759" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>If I get this right, your 3e DMs had you pass <em>both</em> a Spot check <em>and</em> a Listen check, or be surprised?</p><p></p><p>That's the opposite of how it goes IMXP, you always had to pass <em>either</em> a Spot check <em>or</em> a Listen check to notice an ambush (or a creature hiding for any other purpose). The tax was always on the defender who had to be <em>both</em> hiding and silent.</p><p></p><p>I was fine with having 2 separate skills. Using Listen for eavesdropping a conversation in a crowd or through a door, and using Spot to notice traps, hidden doors and other hard-to-see objects were worth the skill points investments alone IMHO.</p><p></p><p>A single Perception skill is very generous IMHO. It is definitely the most frequently used skill in the game. When I am the DM, I can always just increase the DC or not grant a check at all, but then this becomes unfair to those who didn't take the proficiency.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 7160759, member: 1465"] If I get this right, your 3e DMs had you pass [I]both[/I] a Spot check [I]and[/I] a Listen check, or be surprised? That's the opposite of how it goes IMXP, you always had to pass [I]either[/I] a Spot check [I]or[/I] a Listen check to notice an ambush (or a creature hiding for any other purpose). The tax was always on the defender who had to be [I]both[/I] hiding and silent. I was fine with having 2 separate skills. Using Listen for eavesdropping a conversation in a crowd or through a door, and using Spot to notice traps, hidden doors and other hard-to-see objects were worth the skill points investments alone IMHO. A single Perception skill is very generous IMHO. It is definitely the most frequently used skill in the game. When I am the DM, I can always just increase the DC or not grant a check at all, but then this becomes unfair to those who didn't take the proficiency. [/QUOTE]
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