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<blockquote data-quote="keterys" data-source="post: 6505855" data-attributes="member: 43019">I dunno; how many passive investigation checks have been used by anyone, anywhere? The only passive skill that sees common use is Passive Perception, and many (about 1 in 3, that I've run into) DMs still prefer to ask for the group to roll Perception checks to notice many things*. In many other cases in 5e, your passive perception isn't useful because you need to be specifically searching something.Ie, in many 5e adventures, having a high passive perception won't tell you that the books on the bookcase look out of place. You need to say &quot;I search the bookcase&quot; to have a chance to notice the book that opens the secret door or has the key hidden in it, at which point it isn't passive anymore.* Understandably in some cases. Otherwise it's always the same person who discovers something, always the same people who aren't surprised, etc. Some people dislike that style of play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="keterys, post: 6505855, member: 43019"] I dunno; how many passive investigation checks have been used by anyone, anywhere? The only passive skill that sees common use is Passive Perception, and many (about 1 in 3, that I've run into) DMs still prefer to ask for the group to roll Perception checks to notice many things*. In many other cases in 5e, your passive perception isn't useful because you need to be specifically searching something. Ie, in many 5e adventures, having a high passive perception won't tell you that the books on the bookcase look out of place. You need to say "I search the bookcase" to have a chance to notice the book that opens the secret door or has the key hidden in it, at which point it isn't passive anymore. * Understandably in some cases. Otherwise it's always the same person who discovers something, always the same people who aren't surprised, etc. Some people dislike that style of play. [/QUOTE]

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