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<blockquote data-quote="machineelf" data-source="post: 6769579" data-attributes="member: 6774924">In my game I have slightly changed rules as written to use Int Investigation checks to find traps and hidden doors. In my opinion, Wisdom Perception measures how fine-tuned a character's senses are without the need for specialized knowledge. But there are somethings that you would never notice without a specialized knowledge of the subject -- you just wouldn't know what to look for. And I rule that traps and secret doors are constructed in such a way that you wouldn't notice them unless you knew something about traps or secret doors and how they are made, so it's an intelligence roll.I've found that this really balances out Int. and Wis. ability checks. The example I often use to explain it is that to notice footprints on the ground requires (Wis) perception; to know how many there were and how much they weigh and what race of creature they are requires (Int) investigation; and to track them to where they were going or coming from requires (Wis) survival or nature.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="machineelf, post: 6769579, member: 6774924"] In my game I have slightly changed rules as written to use Int Investigation checks to find traps and hidden doors. In my opinion, Wisdom Perception measures how fine-tuned a character's senses are without the need for specialized knowledge. But there are somethings that you would never notice without a specialized knowledge of the subject -- you just wouldn't know what to look for. And I rule that traps and secret doors are constructed in such a way that you wouldn't notice them unless you knew something about traps or secret doors and how they are made, so it's an intelligence roll. I've found that this really balances out Int. and Wis. ability checks. The example I often use to explain it is that to notice footprints on the ground requires (Wis) perception; to know how many there were and how much they weigh and what race of creature they are requires (Int) investigation; and to track them to where they were going or coming from requires (Wis) survival or nature. [/QUOTE]

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