I am failing all perception checks.

[Don Cool]

I have 2 guys who have it as a skill and yet I am failing most perception checks which is 4 characters at the beginning of act 3. None who are specialised, one does have a buff for it.

You seem to need natural 20s for anything to be discovered, I know it probably isn´t so but that´s how feel right now.

[causality]

Rogues, Bards and Knowledge Domain clerics can get expertise in perception. Probably better on cleric though.

[Bumblebee]

I once had a perception check for 30 in Act 2. I just wished they would do a little pop up so I can at least pop a cantrip to get that extra 1d4.

[Don Cool]

Originally posted by Not Mike:

I once had a perception check for 30 in Act 2. I just wished they would do a little pop up so I can at least pop a cantrip to get that extra 1d4.

Unlike opening locks and doors I think a natural 20 is needed a lot for perception checks, to have +10 in perception you need specialisation or buffs.

[Clovis Sangrail]

Perception in governed by WIS. What is your characters WIS? If you used it as a dump stat, it will affect your rolls.

[Don Cool]

Originally posted by Clovis Sangrail:

Perception in governed by WIS. What is your characters WIS? If you used it as a dump stat, it will affect your rolls.

I have a druid as the only wis character, might need to reroll the other druid and make him specialise in perception if that is possible (don´t think it is).

[Sentient_Toaster]

Expertise is a Rogue and Bard thing. But, a single level in Rogue suffices to let you get expertise in two skills. Tabletop has a feat that would let anybody grab expertise in one skill but it's not in BG3, so if you want that doubled proficiency bonus Rogue and Bard are your options.

Other bit -- for what it's worth, darkvision is supposed to treat darkness as dim light, meaning that you'd get disadvantage on perception checks if you're *just* relying on Darkvision in darkness and don't have a light source. For a passive check, disadvantage woudl be treated as a -5.

[Snaef]

Wood elves gets prof. In both stealth and perception as a racial, so, there is that option for you