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minus-squareInfynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down1·7 days agoIf you’re playing D&D 5e, no perception check, no matter how high, will let you notice an object is actually a mimic. False Appearance (Object Form Only). While the mimic remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an ordinary object.
minus-squareTyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoWhat about the kind of evidence that leaves marks on the floor around where the mimic has been moving? Seems to me that’s fair game
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up45arrow-down1·7 days agoStill, as a DM, it’s far too tempting to give a little bit of this away and join in on the hijinks. Me: You find yourselves in a hidden library. On one shelf you see a series of tomes named “How Not to be Seen”, volumes I-XX. Newbie Fighter: Oh sweet, those look handy. Seasoned Rogue: Aw fuck. NOBODY TOUCH NOTHIN’! Ten minutes later:
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 days agoWell, is there some true sight or something that let’s you see a mimic?
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoNo idea. Not even the most meta-gaming-est members of that party had a workaround.
minus-squareFilthyShrooms@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·7 days agoYea and the pile of bones and gore next to the chest is purely coincidental
If you’re playing D&D 5e, no perception check, no matter how high, will let you notice an object is actually a mimic.
What about the kind of evidence that leaves marks on the floor around where the mimic has been moving? Seems to me that’s fair game
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Still, as a DM, it’s far too tempting to give a little bit of this away and join in on the hijinks.
Me: You find yourselves in a hidden library. On one shelf you see a series of tomes named “How Not to be Seen”, volumes I-XX.
Newbie Fighter: Oh sweet, those look handy.
Seasoned Rogue: Aw fuck. NOBODY TOUCH NOTHIN’!
Ten minutes later:
Well, is there some true sight or something that let’s you see a mimic?
No idea. Not even the most meta-gaming-est members of that party had a workaround.
Lesson one: not standing up.
Yea and the pile of bones and gore next to the chest is purely coincidental