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<blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 8556875" data-attributes="member: 27385"><p>I search the room, do you want Perception or Investigation. </p><p></p><p>Ok, I search the desk first, first checking for traps.</p><p></p><p>I have gotten away from having the players saying exactly what they are doing or how they are doing it. As the DM I may or may not say something when describing the room and the PCs in the room vs the players only listening to the DM would see/feel different things. </p><p></p><p>In a specific mission like this I may ask where they are searching, but leave it open to assume some things. I may ask how long they are searching and adjust the DC to find things based on that. A quick 1 minute search vs an hour. An hour search may lead to a check for wandering monsters but find everything or need a DC10 to find things and a 1 minute check may be a DC20 to find something. There may be more than a couple things to find as well with each requiring something. I try to have some Perception and some Investigation.</p><p></p><p>There should also be some things that are good intelligence and some things that are red herrings to throw the PCs off in something like this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aco175, post: 8556875, member: 27385"] I search the room, do you want Perception or Investigation. Ok, I search the desk first, first checking for traps. I have gotten away from having the players saying exactly what they are doing or how they are doing it. As the DM I may or may not say something when describing the room and the PCs in the room vs the players only listening to the DM would see/feel different things. In a specific mission like this I may ask where they are searching, but leave it open to assume some things. I may ask how long they are searching and adjust the DC to find things based on that. A quick 1 minute search vs an hour. An hour search may lead to a check for wandering monsters but find everything or need a DC10 to find things and a 1 minute check may be a DC20 to find something. There may be more than a couple things to find as well with each requiring something. I try to have some Perception and some Investigation. There should also be some things that are good intelligence and some things that are red herrings to throw the PCs off in something like this. [/QUOTE]
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