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Old 06-29-2015, 03:43 AM   #13
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Default Re: Making Perception Checks Less Random

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Originally Posted by Anders View Post
Yep. There are all kinds of biases and tricks that our consciousness does to us. Look at this video for instance and see if you see through it. Don't tell people about he solution, just tell us if you caught it or not...

Having 1 or 2 perception more than another person matters, if you are in the right section of the bell curve. The difference is largest in the middle, so if you target the TDM's to hit that sweet spot you will see a difference.
Yeah, it probably doesn't get any more controlled than sitting in a room with no noises/events/etc. watching a video on your screen, only sound being that of the video in the headphones. (Okay, maybe there are ways to create more controlled conditions, but they're extremely unlikely outside a lab of some sort, and totally unlikely in an actual adventuring situation like spotting something during a campaign.)
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