If you mean the 2014 version of Keen Senses, you can use:
Type: Proficiency
Subtype: Perception
If you mean the 2024 version, you can to use Options to define your own choices. Just set up each available choice (e.g. Perception) as its own Option, and give it the appropriate modifier like the one above.
I tried the option route, but every time I add an option, the only thing it allows me to do is add an action. I really need to be able to add a modifier, not an action.
What it says on the tin: the elf's "Keen Senses" are missing from the modifier subtype dropdown.
This makes it impossible to replicate the elf's Keen Senses ability in a custom race.
If you mean the 2014 version of Keen Senses, you can use:
If you mean the 2024 version, you can to use Options to define your own choices. Just set up each available choice (e.g. Perception) as its own Option, and give it the appropriate modifier like the one above.
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It’s the 2024 version.
I tried the option route, but every time I add an option, the only thing it allows me to do is add an action. I really need to be able to add a modifier, not an action.
You should have no trouble adding a Modifier to an Option in a homebrew Species. Are you trying to use a Feat instead?
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