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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 7252029" data-attributes="member: 6775477">I have been doing this since I started running 5E (just before the DMG came out). I did the math, and if you assume the DC for the trap/door/ninja/whatever is the Passive score of the PC, then the modifier should be the DC-12. Some feel it's more intuitive for the check to exceed the Passive score to remain hidden, in which case the modifier is the DC-11.Out of curiosity, can anyone point me to the section in the PHB or DMG where it says to compare the passive score to a set DC? The only place I can find where passive checks are referenced is page 175 of the PHB, and it never actually says that (it does mention a Stealth check against passive perception, but that's a rolled check against the passive score). I know that Perkins mentions it in a podcast, but that doesn't count IMO.</blockquote>