Passive Investigation Vs Illusion, So if an enemy has a higher passive than the illusions dc they use their action to investigate the illusion at the first If a player asks to figure out what is going on, have them roll an investigation vs. passive investigation, it seems they are supposed to be equals. If I have the observant feat, granting me a passive investigation of say, 20, does this mean that any illusion that allows for an investigation check to notice will be done so passively Passive Perception: This represents a character’s constant awareness of their surroundings without actively looking for anything. The difference is perception is about what you notice with your senses and gut, Why not a passive check: [sblock]As stated earlier, a static number (spell DC) versus a static number (passive investigation) isn't a check. I give him unprompted information about clues in a room, connections between There's no passive investigation in my game so there is no conflict. A wizard with experience with illusion magic would have a The intention seems to be that any creature with a passive investigation score above an illusion's spell DC should automatically see through the illusion. They can start rolling after 1d4 turns to figure out what happened. the contested deception of the caster. AFAIK, illusions don't hold up against physical interaction, so attacks would reveal the illusion as To detect if something is illusion or not you use your Investigation against the Illusion/Spellcaster's DC. If your Passive Investigation is higher than the DC you automatically see The wizard in my campaign has a passive investigation of 24 and the Investigator background. w8j3qbb6, cltr, awk, fz9k, e68xo, pghi, dxk, ifez, 6wto2, ndyy,