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I enjoyed the 4e "passive perception" mechanic. It seperated "active searching and looking at things" and "things you notice in the background". In my group it helped the rogues generally feal sneakier, as long as they avoided people who were actively searching for them...

BRP, Burning Wheel, and a lot of other games implement this poorly

For my own benefit, does anyone have an example of how an existing system implementation works and specifically what is bad about it?Is it bad mechanically, or is it just not fun? Both? Neither? Both and Neither?

I've been kicking around an idea recently about what a usage based skill growth system might look like in a TTRPG. I can think of examples in computer games (the first examples that come to mind for me are Elder Scrolls or gathering/crafting in World of Warcraft). I assume it is more common there du...