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<blockquote data-quote="daviddalbec" data-source="post: 7513502" data-attributes="member: 6842418">I agree up to the point where you said everything should be discoverable using PP. I think there are certainly cases where someone is attempting to make a check which is not repeatable (I said unique and novel before), where PP does not by RAW make sense. &nbsp;PHP on Passive Checks:&quot;Such a check can represent the average result for a task done repeatedly, such as searching for secret doors over and over again, or can be used when the GM wants to secretly determine whether the characters succeed at something without rolling dice, such as noticing a hidden monster.&quot;Imagine a monster hiding behind a table, or even in a box, by RAW heavily obscure, ergo you have the blinded condition. To imagine you enter a room and as a repetitious habit look around all the furniture, or put your ear up to all the boxes is absurd IMO (though perhaps you smell it). Or maybe there is a false book on a bookshelf, to imagine you have a repititious habit of putting particular attention to inspecting bookshelves is silly as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="daviddalbec, post: 7513502, member: 6842418"] I agree up to the point where you said everything should be discoverable using PP. I think there are certainly cases where someone is attempting to make a check which is not repeatable (I said unique and novel before), where PP does not by RAW make sense. PHP on Passive Checks: "Such a check can represent the average result for a task done repeatedly, such as searching for secret doors over and over again, or can be used when the GM wants to secretly determine whether the characters succeed at something without rolling dice, such as noticing a hidden monster." Imagine a monster hiding behind a table, or even in a box, by RAW heavily obscure, ergo you have the blinded condition. To imagine you enter a room and as a repetitious habit look around all the furniture, or put your ear up to all the boxes is absurd IMO (though perhaps you smell it). Or maybe there is a false book on a bookshelf, to imagine you have a repititious habit of putting particular attention to inspecting bookshelves is silly as well. [/QUOTE]

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