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[-] Infynis@midwest.social 48 points 4 months ago

If 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.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 45 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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:

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 5 points 4 months ago

Well, is there some true sight or something that let's you see a mimic?

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

No idea. Not even the most meta-gaming-est members of that party had a workaround.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Lesson one: not standing up.

[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

Yea and the pile of bones and gore next to the chest is purely coincidental

[-] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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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