(OOC) Fitz's Folly (ToA PBP)

[Fradak]

I'm back too, ready to post.

Happy new year and may our Lord Fitz The Ruke grant us many XPs.

 

[EarlyBird]

WB! to you too

 

[Ancalagon]

I made it sound terrible, but the start of the trip was pretty freaking good. Hiked up to 4800 feet, won 200$ at the casino, great food etc...

 

[FitzTheRuke]

You can head in there, risking the blades, and try to get the door open with an investigation check, yes.

 

[gargoyleking]

OOC: Why not just disarm it?

Because you have to find the mechanism to disarm it. Apparently none of us has sufficient investigative powers for that. This is the poor man's disarming.

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[Ancalagon]

I would *love* to try to disarm it, I actually have the skill!

 

[EarlyBird]

Oh I think I get it now. Anyone may disarm a trap, but you need to Investigate first. You can't just disarm a trap that you Perceived (Perception).

Still new to 5e and was wondering why the way traps are dealt with is so... up in the air. Why I haven't run many in my games.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

You're close. Perception allows you to notice things that can be seen or heard (or in rare situations smelled, or whatever). Investigation allows you to deduce, uncover, or otherwise find hidden things. So if you spot (with perception) a tripwire (or something), you can disarm it (with thieves tools). The new tool rules in Xanathar's suggest that if you use your thieves tools while rolling Investigation to search for traps, you can roll with advantage. The idea here is that the tools help you to poke and prod at things carefully (because the results of failing the Investigation to search for traps is usually that you set off the trap.)

On, in other words, the short answer is "depends on the trap".

 

[EarlyBird]

Hmmm... you use Investigation to tell you how to Disarm the trap, then you roll an Ability check to Disarm? And what ability is based on the trap?

 

[FitzTheRuke]

No, you investigate to FIND the trap (or its control panel, or how to get at its mechanism, or whatever) and an ability check to disarm it.