Level Up (A5E) Passive Skill Checks- Which skills can be checked passively?

[Corinnguard]

I don't think that was Morrus meant when he said that he considered your personal interpretation of our interpretation of the rules to be a little rude. Rules in O5e and A5e are meant to be looked at and interpreted subjectively. The Narrator has their way of looking at the rules. And the players have their own way of looking at the rules. When we role-play together, we try to reach a consensus when it comes to the rules. That way, everyone can have a fun time.

 

[Anselm]

Well there were remarks about O5e, and I assumed A5e still uses O5e rules except when it is overwriting them, is that not the case?

If you want I can delete my post.

A passive check is a special kind of ability check that
doesn’t involve any die rolls, instead representing
any of the following circumstances:
• The average result for a task done repeatedly
or continuously, such as taking in the details
of a room on first sight.
• When a character is under no pressure
and can take as long as they need, such as
opening a locked chest in a safe location
during downtime.
• To determine a character’s knowledge or
awareness (possibly in secret) without rolling
dice, such as recalling a local culture’s legend
or noticing an ambush. (Pg402).

I believe the "continuously" in the first bullet covers many of the situations you called out as personal interpretation.

 

[Li Shenron]

A passive check is a special kind of ability check that
doesn’t involve any die rolls, instead representing
any of the following circumstances:
• The average result for a task done repeatedly
or continuously, such as taking in the details
of a room on first sight.
• When a character is under no pressure
and can take as long as they need, such as
opening a locked chest in a safe location
during downtime.
• To determine a character’s knowledge or
awareness (possibly in secret) without rolling
dice, such as recalling a local culture’s legend
or noticing an ambush. (Pg402).

I believe the "continuously" in the first bullet covers all the situations you called out as personal interpretation.

Ok thanks! This is very different indeed to O5e. Interesting to see that it somehow incorporates some Take 20 concept when it mentions taking all the time you need on a single task.

By the way, I just figured out how to ignore prefixes in my preferences, so I won't risk being annoying to A5e players anymore.

 

[Stalker0]

Just theory crafting here but...

Base of 10
proficiency +3
Steely Mien: watchful eye +5
Familiar terrain gets expertise (+3) and +2 to passive while in that terrain but that's conditional.
Perceptive stance could give +3
Intuitive +5
+ Whatever the wisdom mod is?

nailed it