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Like many things in ttrpgs, I think the metric for "is x good" or "should I x" is does it create fun or interesting choices. A tell is...

Yes, but also no. An area with traps should have an early tell or else be the sort of place where you would expect to have a trap...

I've used this exact example more than once and it's gone very well. The players reacted like you'd expect if you expected them to react...

It's a trap! I think this thread is trying to catch people from the "We Don't Need Thieves" thread contradicting themselves. So I'll...

I remember reading here a few years ago...can't remember the poster but I think somebody who isn't here anymore...who said that when a...

I don't think the bolded needs to be a default game state at all, it's just about what you players are used to [and] what kinds of games...

The movies always have the person step on a land mine and hear the click. Then there is 10 minutes of trying to figure out how to get...

Traps might be designed to make some sort of sense in the world, but they are really the ultimate expression of D&D being a game, not a...

I like placing a trap that is already exposed or tripped by someone else. This sets up that there is traps in the dungeon and the...

Although I think it was my post in another thread that started this, reading this thread I'll acknowledge (top of the hat to @Lanefan...

Of course, I didn't say this. You said there is no realistic way for a trap to be noticed in an active world. In any event, we don't...

Oh, right. I thought we’d already done this. Yep. It’s well trodden ground...

I've read so many books recently... I don't remember which one but one of the system was very explicit in its rules. You either moved...

as an aspiring writer, i think this is an interesting question and a disappointing/realistic answer

my tree with a couple of new decorations, (white ranger and the dumpster fire). Dumpster fire says "everything's fine"