Dogs also tend to be able to hear 4 times the distance of humans. Dogs can hear higher pitched sounds and can detect a frequency range of 67-45,000 Hz, compared to a human range of 64-23,000 Hz.
So.... how's this?
Keen Senses: If you can smell and/or hear it, you can probably find it. You gain advantage on any Perception check involving smell and/or hearing. Also, as long as their is a scent trail to follow you, gain advantage on any Investigation or Survival check to track a creature.
for me investigation is more piecing together physical clues or researchign something so I would just leave it with Perception and Survival but i would also limit it to just smell, there is enough going with the race as a whole.
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I think that maybe darkvision could be swapped out for adding hearing to keen senses. I'd still like to keep both to the point where it might be good to "power-down" another aspect. No idea what that aspect is at the moment.
Definitions from dndbeyond:
Investigation: When you look around for clues and make deductions based on those clues, you make an Intelligence (Investigation) check. You might deduce the location of a hidden object, discern from the appearance of a wound what kind of weapon dealt it, or determine the weakest point in a tunnel that could cause it to collapse. Poring through ancient scrolls in search of a hidden fragment of knowledge might also call for an Intelligence (Investigation) check
Survival: The DM might ask you to make a Wisdom (Survival) check to follow tracks, hunt wild game, guide your group through frozen wastelands, identify signs that owlbears live nearby, predict the weather, or avoid quicksand and other natural hazards. This is a wisdom-based check.
... It could be either, but based on these definitions, I'm now mostly inclined to agree with you about Survival. Maybe add a clause to Keen Senses that gives advantage to Investigation under specific circumstances involving deducing the location of a hidden object.
Keen Senses: If you can smell and/or hear it, you can probably find it. You gain advantage on any Perception check involving smell and/or hearing. Also, as long as their is a scent trail to follow you gain advantage on any Survival check to track a creature and you gain advantage on any Investigation check to deduce the location of a hidden/invisible object or creature.
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That's a good start. Lemme see what I can come up with that will include the improved hearing.
Most breeds of dogs have 20/75 eyesight (some dogs are bred for 20/20, like humans). Darkvision/low-light vision is called into question based on this: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201712/compared-humans-how-good-is-dogs-visual-acuity What are your thought on the eyesight?
Dogs also tend to be able to hear 4 times the distance of humans. Dogs can hear higher pitched sounds and can detect a frequency range of 67-45,000 Hz, compared to a human range of 64-23,000 Hz.
So.... how's this?
Keen Senses: If you can smell and/or hear it, you can probably find it. You gain advantage on any Perception check involving smell and/or hearing. Also, as long as their is a scent trail to follow you, gain advantage on any Investigation or Survival check to track a creature.
for me investigation is more piecing together physical clues or researchign something so I would just leave it with Perception and Survival but i would also limit it to just smell, there is enough going with the race as a whole.
I think that maybe darkvision could be swapped out for adding hearing to keen senses. I'd still like to keep both to the point where it might be good to "power-down" another aspect. No idea what that aspect is at the moment.
Definitions from dndbeyond:
Investigation: When you look around for clues and make deductions based on those clues, you make an Intelligence (Investigation) check. You might deduce the location of a hidden object, discern from the appearance of a wound what kind of weapon dealt it, or determine the weakest point in a tunnel that could cause it to collapse. Poring through ancient scrolls in search of a hidden fragment of knowledge might also call for an Intelligence (Investigation) check
Survival: The DM might ask you to make a Wisdom (Survival) check to follow tracks, hunt wild game, guide your group through frozen wastelands, identify signs that owlbears live nearby, predict the weather, or avoid quicksand and other natural hazards. This is a wisdom-based check.
... It could be either, but based on these definitions, I'm now mostly inclined to agree with you about Survival. Maybe add a clause to Keen Senses that gives advantage to Investigation under specific circumstances involving deducing the location of a hidden object.
Keen Senses: If you can smell and/or hear it, you can probably find it. You gain advantage on any Perception check involving smell and/or hearing. Also, as long as their is a scent trail to follow you gain advantage on any Survival check to track a creature and you gain advantage on any Investigation check to deduce the location of a hidden/invisible object or creature.