Ad hoc (non casting) use of the Force - opinions please
We are running our first SW5E campaign and learning as we go along.
One of my players is a Jedi and will sometimes ask, if he gets stuck in a puzzle or similar, if he can commune with the Force for guidance. I will usually ask for a DC 15 Wisdom check.
Quite egregiously (in hindsight) in the last session he asked if he could detect any life in a room as he suspected there was a cloaked person in there. He rolled a nat 20 Wisdom (we play critical success + critical failures, with fumbles on critical failures) so he got to know the precise location and got an emotional readout of the person.
Personally I think it’s okay to roll Wisdom for help. Players intelligence/wisdom is not their characters intelligence/wisdom, so I believe asking to roll for intelligence/wisdom for a hint is fine.
I would say that the Detect Life action felt more like a spell which the player would’ve had to have had to be able to perform this action. I allowed it at the time but I don’t think I would allow something like that again.
Any other views please?