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<blockquote data-quote="ProgBard" data-source="post: 7022356" data-attributes="member: 6803722">A number of creatures that have legendary actions - particularly dragons - list Detect as one of the options available, described as the monster making a Wisdom (Perception) check. This has raised a number of questions for me about Perception and its role in combat.The Detect legendary action, on the surface at least, seems a bit out of place next to the other effective things a legendary creature can do (extra attacks, supernatural effects). It's made me wonder what role making Perception checks is meant to play in combat. It's not completely obvious to me how that skill check, more than any other, is a good option in the middle of a fight - I don't see a lot of players giving up their attacks to use it, for instance. Intuitively, it doesn't seem especially ... legendary.So - sell me on the Detect action! If you've run legendary monsters that use it, how has it given them an edge in battle? What things that PCs do does it serve to counter? And how do you adjudicate the specifics of what it does?And while we're at it, let me know what I'm missing in general about the role of Perception in combat. Have you had it come up in a normal, non-legendary combat, and if so, what role did it play in the battle?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ProgBard, post: 7022356, member: 6803722"] A number of creatures that have legendary actions - particularly dragons - list [B]Detect [/B]as one of the options available, described as the monster making a Wisdom (Perception) check. This has raised a number of questions for me about Perception and its role in combat. The Detect legendary action, on the surface at least, seems a bit out of place next to the other effective things a legendary creature can do (extra attacks, supernatural effects). It's made me wonder what role making Perception checks is meant to play in combat. It's not completely obvious to me how that skill check, more than any other, is a good option in the middle of a fight - I don't see a lot of players giving up their attacks to use it, for instance. Intuitively, it doesn't seem especially ... [I]legendary[/I]. So - sell me on the Detect action! If you've run legendary monsters that use it, how has it given them an edge in battle? What things that PCs do does it serve to counter? And how do you adjudicate the specifics of what it does? And while we're at it, let me know what I'm missing in general about the role of Perception in combat. Have you had it come up in a normal, non-legendary combat, and if so, what role did it play in the battle? [/QUOTE]

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