@Mivia Odiania You can look over the side without issue once you are in a position to do so. Any walls or obstacles should show up on the map. If they don't or you can't, I'll just tell you when you try.
We are still using Passive Perception. It's for things that are relatively obvious or out in the open. Passive Perception will not allow you to see creatures that are Actively trying to hide from you or objects that have been actively hidden such as Traps, Creatures waiting in ambush, that sort of thing. If monsters are unaware of the groups presence, (Which is often unlikely due to the sounds of battle and lack of sneaking). Passive Perception will notice them.
Also remember Passive Perception is capped at a certain level, so sometimes it will behoove you try and notice something by seeing if you can roll higher than your passive perception stat. If it's something that is covered under passive perception and you roll lower than the listed stat, I just default to the Passive Perception listed instead of what you rolled.
We are still using Passive Perception. It's for things that are relatively obvious or out in the open. Passive Perception will not allow you to see creatures that are Actively trying to hide from you or objects that have been actively hidden such as Traps, Creatures waiting in ambush, that sort of thing. If monsters are unaware of the groups presence, (Which is often unlikely due to the sounds of battle and lack of sneaking). Passive Perception will notice them.
Also remember Passive Perception is capped at a certain level, so sometimes it will behoove you try and notice something by seeing if you can roll higher than your passive perception stat. If it's something that is covered under passive perception and you roll lower than the listed stat, I just default to the Passive Perception listed instead of what you rolled.
