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#105 Jun 17, 2026
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As I undertsand the rules, passive perception is a DM choice. Either they use it or the DM roll the dices.

Can you quote any rule that supports this idea?

The authors went through the trouble to include a Passive Perception score for every monster stat block in the game. The DM should just ignore this whenever they feel like it?

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#106 Jun 17, 2026
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As I undertsand the rules, passive perception is a DM choice. Either they use it or the DM roll the dices.

I dont think the DM rolls for players for, like, anything.

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