@epicdndmemes thats why you dont do this, you use passive. now the players will be meta-gaming and you'll have nobody but yourself to blame.
@epicdndmemes @ChronoLuminaire This is why I do a perception check any time I enter a new area. And why my character will always read any material conveniently left out.
@epicdndmemes @joshscorcher When the DM does a little trolling
@epicdndmemes Why not give them something innocent to perceive and confuse them? "Oh, you got a nat20? You notice a really nice, beautiful flower on the side of the road."
@epicdndmemes And this is one of my characters have both proficiency and expertise in Perception. Their passive Perception is, currently, a 21.
@epicdndmemes I can't do that to them they already have normal anxiety
@epicdndmemes Also DMs "Why does it take forever to get anything done?" "Why do the players spend all their time around unimportant NPCs I made up on the fly instead of engaging with my stories?"