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Show ContentInfynis@midwest.socialEnglish441·1 month 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.
Show Contentdejected_warp_core@lemmy.world441·30 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:
Show ContentWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today5·30 days agoWell, is there some true sight or something that let’s you see a mimic?
Show Contentdejected_warp_core@lemmy.world2·27 days agoNo idea. Not even the most meta-gaming-est members of that party had a workaround.
Show ContentFilthyShrooms@lemmy.world22·1 month agoYea and the pile of bones and gore next to the chest is purely coincidental
Show ContentTyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish4·29 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
If you’re playing D&D 5e, no perception check, no matter how high, will let you notice an object is actually a mimic.
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
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