Timeline for How does dim light affect passive perception?
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| May 17 at 6:56 | comment | added | Kirt | Sure, if you want to have them make a Stealth check, you can. But if the monsters are not moving or attacking, that Stealth check is not made every round. Presumably the monsters who, several rounds ago, made a bad Stealth roll when they first hid and kicked a pebble are not repeatedly kicking the same pebble every round until the party enters the room. | |
| May 16 at 18:51 | comment | added | Clearly Toughpick | @Kirt, monsters waiting in ambush and trying to be stealthy are Hiding and so they must make a hide check. If the party can detect them with either a passive or active Perception check, then, despite their best efforts the monsters weren't good enough at hiding and the party knows where they are. Maybe the monsters twitched or breathed too heavily or kicked a pebble accidentally. | |
| Feb 18 at 18:58 | comment | added | Kirt | Dim light does not affect hearing, true. But will monsters waiting in ambush, not moving, and trying to be stealthy make enough noise so that a party, opening doors and moving in armor, hears them? When Hiding, "you give away your position if you make noise, such as shouting a warning or knocking over a vase." | |
| Jan 5, 2018 at 22:01 | history | edited | Clearly Toughpick | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
expanded on why the monster might be seen but not heard
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 3:45 | history | answered | Clearly Toughpick | CC BY-SA 3.0 |