You don't normally roll Perception unless you're actively looking for something, so passive Perception would be more consistent with other situations like noticing hidden creatures or traps. Ultimately it's up to the DM though.
You don't normally roll Perception unless you're actively looking for something, so passive Perception would be more consistent with other situations like noticing hidden creatures or traps. Ultimately it's up to the DM though.
I agree with this perspective. If I consider the target of such an attempt to have some kind of advantage, I may give them a +5 to their passive perception for the sake of someone making a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand or Stealth) check.
so then what about passive investigation and passive insight?
Investigation is like deduction, so you can use that to give your players information when they spot a trap to determine how the mechanism works or similar. Maybe they see some blood spatters, some tracks, and some weapon marks-- their passive investigation might put together what happened.
Passive insight works socially, being used to tell when someone is lying, or what someone means by that insistent eyebrow raise they gave them.
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Say that a party member is trying to pickpocket another party member/NPC. Is their passive perception used, or a contested check?
You don't normally roll Perception unless you're actively looking for something, so passive Perception would be more consistent with other situations like noticing hidden creatures or traps. Ultimately it's up to the DM though.
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so then what about passive investigation and passive insight?
Investigation is like deduction, so you can use that to give your players information when they spot a trap to determine how the mechanism works or similar. Maybe they see some blood spatters, some tracks, and some weapon marks-- their passive investigation might put together what happened.
Passive insight works socially, being used to tell when someone is lying, or what someone means by that insistent eyebrow raise they gave them.