Heh... I've had "passive perception" as being always on since it was introduced to the game back in 4E.When sometime around late 2016 early 2017 the idea that passive perception was always on, and writers did not start bumping the DC to account for this. As Hriston states perception by the creators became radar.
My point is. Once it was change, writers and errata should have taken it into account. Everyone knows you can change stuff. Writers Do your job.Heh... I've had "passive perception" as being always on since it was introduced to the game back in 4E.
As far as writers not accounting for it... if/when I found an issue in one of the adventures I just changed the DC myself in whatever method I felt appropriate at the time. Didn't need anyone to account for it in the writing.
Acrobats climb stuff pretty fast too. Springing off some walls up an alley seems a fair acrobat use. Athletics still governs lifting/breaking/swimming if we want to keep it's niche protection.I always run into people wanting to use Acrobatics for climbing. Climbing stuff is like half the point of the Athletics skill.
Acrobats climb quickly because they’re Athletic and Strong ;-)Acrobats climb stuff pretty fast too. Springing off some walls up an alley seems a fair acrobat use. Athletics still governs lifting/breaking/swimming if we want to keep it's niche protection.
It's wildly overused.Something I noticed in the "what don't you like about 5e?" thread was a few people griping about players going out of their way to take Perception. I'd run into this a few years back when I played Pathfinder 1e as well. I'm not really sure what the problem is with players wanting to be good at noticing things, so I was wondering if maybe people would help me understand their point of view on the topic.
D&D especially is a game where not noticing something can end up with your character getting in serious trouble, so it seems to me that everyone would want the ability to not blunder into traps or be snuck up on by Bugbears.
On the contrary it absolutely does.Acrobats climb quickly because they’re Athletic and Strong ;-)
Seriously, Strength is already one of the worst attributes, it doesn’t need its lunch money being stolen by Dexterity any more than it already has been.