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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psikerlord#" data-source="post: 6359387" data-attributes="member: 93321">I dont have PHB yet and already I think my favourite thing is how nearly all the classes look awesome. This will be the first DnD where I'm happy to play anything from a monk to a fighter to a druid to a wizard to a bard. Ok Ok, not a ranger or sorceror prolly. But still that's huge. Biggest disappointment: The way passive perception has crept into the game, apparently first emerging from take 10 in 3e. Its not needed (let DM make secret checks, they still have to make other secret checks even with passive perception anyway), its boring (eg: same PC finds everything all the time, super hidey PC never fails his stealth check), and creates new problems of its own (eg: static DC trap vs static perception score = auto success or failure, ummm yeahh: lame). Luckily passive perception is easily ignored, but including such a dodgy mechanic still rubs me the wrong way.</blockquote>