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I mostly think about how it is done in this game, PnP is something different.
Not sure about shove and sneak (as written above), but I understand what Larian means by active and passive.
active: You select to make a dice roll.
You select a dialogue option with a skill check, you use an attack or spell against an enemy or you try to sneak past enemies. You press a button in order to do something.
passive: A dice is rolled but you did not chose to roll, it just happens.
You walk around and you detect a trap, a hidden door or something else is strange.
You talk to someone and you remember you met him before or you realize what spell he is casting.
In PnP you can ask the DM about stuff and he can let you make a skill check if it fits.
In the computer game you don´t want to press a search butten every 5 steps just in case there is something hidden nearby.
In the IE games rogues had their search mode on all the time, at least when I was playing. Now that every char has every skill it makes sense to make such skills passive.
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