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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7794771" data-attributes="member: 6779196">Not in the DMG, no. The PHB section on passive checks mentions that the DM might use a passive check when they want to make a check for a player in secret though, which I suspect is where a lot of people get the idea. Basically still making “knowledge checks,” but doing so in secret, with a static value instead of asking the player to roll or the player asking to roll. The Angry GM also recommends doing it in his “Tweaking the Core of 5e” article, and references the passive checks rule as precedent for it in the rule book, which I’m sure is where a lot of other folks got the idea. Personally, I carried the habit of keeping a list of players’ passive Perceptions over from 4e, and extended it to other passives in 5e. But like I said, I don’t really do that any more.I definitely feel you on this being more to keep track of, though. If I was running a game with more players than seats, I don’t think I’d want to give myself the extra work of tracking everyone’s Proficiencies either. Though, I might instead just call out, “anyone trained in X?” when relevant in that case.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7794771, member: 6779196"] Not in the DMG, no. The PHB section on passive checks mentions that the DM might use a passive check when they want to make a check for a player in secret though, which I suspect is where a lot of people get the idea. Basically still making “knowledge checks,” but doing so in secret, with a static value instead of asking the player to roll or the player asking to roll. The Angry GM also recommends doing it in his “Tweaking the Core of 5e” article, and references the passive checks rule as precedent for it in the rule book, which I’m sure is where a lot of other folks got the idea. Personally, I carried the habit of keeping a list of players’ passive Perceptions over from 4e, and extended it to other passives in 5e. But like I said, I don’t really do that any more. I definitely feel you on this being more to keep track of, though. If I was running a game with more players than seats, I don’t think I’d want to give myself the extra work of tracking everyone’s Proficiencies either. Though, I might instead just call out, “anyone trained in X?” when relevant in that case. [/QUOTE]

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