concentrate
- Single Action
- Skills: Perception
You search with sight, scent, touch, or through another primary sense for a creature or object in a 10-foot area or notice unusual features of that location. This can be used in searching for a particular object or in general for information in a space. It is also the action used if there are creatures who have the Invisible, Sensed, or Concealed conditions.
When searching for an object with one foot by one foot dimensions, a DC 10 is used if it is sitting in the open. This DC increases by 5 if it is stored out of sight, or by 10 if it is purposefully hidden. The smaller the object, the more the DC increases while the larger the object is lower the DC becomes.
Secret compartments or doors generally have a starting DC of 15. The better crafted entrances can have a DC 20 or higher. Some actions can lower a DC, such as measuring rooms, knocking on walls, or pulling drawers out. Carved panel walls, unusually shaped spaces or furniture can increase the DC by 5 or more.
Searching for a creature who is hidden often is against that creature’s Passive Stealth, see Common Rules.