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<blockquote data-quote="Scud.NZ" data-source="post: 4381670" data-attributes="member: 73097">I definately agree with this. To my mind Passive Perception is kind of like a &quot;Spidey-Sense&quot;. I'd give them enough information to let them know that they need to react to the situation.In the situation described in the initial post if the elf's PP was more than the DC of the trap/secret door plus modifiers I'd tell the elf player that there is something not quite right about the room, and it is possibly dangerous. &quot;Kind of like the feeling you get when you see the minefield sign...is tense the word I am looking for?&quot; The elf now has a decision to make. He can search for traps &quot;get out the knife and prod the sand&quot; by rolling a Perception check vs Trap DC as he is actively searching for it.Or he could do something different. I don't think that PP is intended to fill the same role as Detect Traps did in past editions, as such. Bear in mind also, that just because the elf knows that the trap is there, it does not mean that he is going to be able to Disable it. That is still something the rogue gets to do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scud.NZ, post: 4381670, member: 73097"] I definately agree with this. To my mind Passive Perception is kind of like a "Spidey-Sense". I'd give them enough information to let them know that they need to react to the situation. In the situation described in the initial post if the elf's PP was more than the DC of the trap/secret door plus modifiers I'd tell the elf player that there is something not quite right about the room, and it is possibly dangerous. "Kind of like the feeling you get when you see the minefield sign...is tense the word I am looking for?" The elf now has a decision to make. He can search for traps "get out the knife and prod the sand" by rolling a Perception check vs Trap DC as he is actively searching for it. Or he could do something different. I don't think that PP is intended to fill the same role as Detect Traps did in past editions, as such. Bear in mind also, that just because the elf knows that the trap is there, it does not mean that he is going to be able to Disable it. That is still something the rogue gets to do. [/QUOTE]

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