Timeline for Passive check and Gelatinous Cube Transparent traits
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| Dec 30, 2023 at 2:44 | comment | added | Kirt | @CommentWanderer You already had my +1, but I do think it is improved now. Well done! | |
| Dec 30, 2023 at 2:13 | history | edited | CommentWanderer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Not needing to use an action for the roll is clarified and an example is given
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| Dec 29, 2023 at 7:15 | comment | added | Kirt | @justhalf Sorry, you didn't tag me, so I am just now seeing this. I agree with NautArch's answer that the DM decides whether the check is active or passive. He also seems to be saying that if the player says their PC are actively looking, the check should be active. The wording is a bit muddled, so I am not sure if that is what he is saying. If it is, I don't agree with that. The DM always decides, regardless of what the player says their character is doing. | |
| Dec 26, 2023 at 5:16 | comment | added | justhalf | Well, then you agree to the other answer, in that DM decides whether it's active or passive? | |
| Dec 25, 2023 at 16:30 | comment | added | Kirt | @justhalf No and no, actually. (1) Any time the character is actively looking for danger (which is all the time they are not engaged in another task that demands their attention) a Perception check is called for. The DM decides in each case whether that is active or passive. Cf. here, here, and here. (2) If the DM ruled that a passive check was called for, and PP>Stealth, the character should see the GC - to not rule so would invoke Rule 0. | |
| Dec 25, 2023 at 11:07 | comment | added | justhalf | @Kirt to clarify, your position is that the DM has to use characters' passive perception to determine whether the characters notice the cube, and is not allowed to make the scenario such that the characters do not notice the cube even when their PP is higher than the cube's stealth? | |
| Dec 25, 2023 at 2:26 | history | answered | CommentWanderer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |