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“Give me a perception check.”
“Fourteen total.”
“You don’t notice anything different .”
“I get out my shovel.”
DM quietly raises encounter difficulty in response to metagaming
DM should have rolled for the player secretly if they didn't want to call attention.
It depends on your table, but I disagree.
If I ask the party for a perception check and they all fail the party should be aware of their choices (in this case, perception is important). If I then surprise them with an enemy they are clear why that happened.
Alternatively in this case it's to locate something, maybe they want to spend a luck point, flash of genius, or other similar ability.
Can shovel(the quazit) dig or find chests? I'm curious "beefy".
No. Shovel is only interested in murderizing, and I love her for it.