Timeline for How to resolve "requires DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check"?
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| Mar 3, 2017 at 5:56 | comment | added | Vyoma | Fogbuz was something I made up trying to elaborate/clarify on this answer. @KorvinStarmast answer above, and me re-reading the section specified + actually rolling a new PC clarified it for me. Thank you all for your effort in helping me understand! | |
| Mar 3, 2017 at 3:57 | comment | added | Wtrmute | If Fogbuz is a pregenerated character, then this is likely the full (wisdom + perception) value and Fogbuz does not have proficiency in Perception, yielding a net +1 (for 13 WIS). If not, you would need to tell us which skills the player picked for Fogbuz when they generated the character (they'd pick two from the list at the very top of page 72 of the PHB for the Fighter class and pick or get two more from whatever background they chose from chapter 4 (pages 126 through 141). | |
| Mar 2, 2017 at 12:40 | history | edited | Reibello | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 2, 2017 at 12:33 | comment | added | PnP | @Vyoma In 5e they are either proficient or not proficient in a skill. If they are not proficient, then it is just the ability check, and sometimes not having a proficiency might make it so that the character cannot even attempt it. If you have a proficiency in perception, then you add wisdom + proficiency bonus. Amount of proficiency bonus is dependant on character level, at 1st level it is +2. So in your example the fighter should get +1 from wisdom and +2 from proficiency, making it 1d20+3. | |
| Mar 2, 2017 at 12:25 | comment | added | Vyoma | So, say "Fogbuz the Fighter" has STR 17, DEX 10, CON 16, INT 8, WIS 13, CHR 12 and a +1 Perception; then it is d20 + 1 (Wisdom) + 1 (Perception) ? | |
| Mar 2, 2017 at 11:53 | history | answered | Reibello | CC BY-SA 3.0 |