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<blockquote data-quote="Saracenus" data-source="post: 9663016" data-attributes="member: 47839"><p>On one level by <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/sae/sage-advice-compendium#RAW" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)">RAW</span> </strong></a>you are correct. I an not sure what the <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/sae/sage-advice-compendium#RAI" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)">RAI</span></strong></a> is as the developers are not in the thread with us.</p><p></p><p>But, a <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#PassivePerception" target="_blank"><strong>Passive Perception</strong></a> <strong>score </strong>gives the creatures <strong><em>awareness </em></strong>of their surroundings. My <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/sae/sage-advice-compendium#RAF" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)">RAF</span></strong> </a>ruling would be to the following,</p><p><strong>1)</strong> Make the character(s) aware that, "something seems off around the pond, but you are not sure what it is."</p><p>Then, <strong>2)</strong> Ask them to make a <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#SearchAction" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)"><strong>Search [Action]</strong></span></a>, <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#AbilityCheck" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: rgb(147, 101, 184)">Wisdom </span></strong></a>(<a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/playing-the-game#SkillProficiencies" target="_blank"><strong>Perception</strong></a>) <strong>check </strong>to see if they can actually see something.</p><p></p><p>To me that seems more in line with how it should work plus it makes my players unsettled and paranoid <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> . They could still blow the active Search action and be surprised by the attack.</p><p></p><p>I think this strikes the right balance of rewarding a player for an amazing Passive Perception score and still giving the Giant Frogs a chance to do what they do best, leap and swallow small party members.</p><p></p><p>Here is the cleaned up section with my <strong>RAF </strong>ruling...</p><p></p><p></p><p>I want to thank [USER=6775477]Shiroiken[/USER] for a wonderfully clarifying conversation on this topic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saracenus, post: 9663016, member: 47839"] On one level by [URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/sae/sage-advice-compendium#RAW'][B][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]RAW[/COLOR] [/B][/URL]you are correct. I an not sure what the [URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/sae/sage-advice-compendium#RAI'][B][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]RAI[/COLOR][/B][/URL] is as the developers are not in the thread with us. But, a [URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#PassivePerception'][B]Passive Perception[/B][/URL] [B]score [/B]gives the creatures [B][I]awareness [/I][/B]of their surroundings. My [URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/sae/sage-advice-compendium#RAF'][B][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]RAF[/COLOR][/B] [/URL]ruling would be to the following, [B]1)[/B] Make the character(s) aware that, "something seems off around the pond, but you are not sure what it is." Then, [B]2)[/B] Ask them to make a [URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#SearchAction'][COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)][B]Search [Action][/B][/COLOR][/URL], [URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#AbilityCheck'][B][COLOR=rgb(147, 101, 184)]Wisdom [/COLOR][/B][/URL]([URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/playing-the-game#SkillProficiencies'][B]Perception[/B][/URL]) [B]check [/B]to see if they can actually see something. To me that seems more in line with how it should work plus it makes my players unsettled and paranoid ;) . They could still blow the active Search action and be surprised by the attack. I think this strikes the right balance of rewarding a player for an amazing Passive Perception score and still giving the Giant Frogs a chance to do what they do best, leap and swallow small party members. Here is the cleaned up section with my [B]RAF [/B]ruling... I want to thank [USER=6775477]Shiroiken[/USER] for a wonderfully clarifying conversation on this topic. [/QUOTE]
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