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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ellestar" data-source="post: 1669998" data-attributes="member: 6657">Ok, let me rephrase my question then: Can a wizard with detect magic find magic traps through detect magic? (eg. their exact location; "there's a magical symbol above the doorway") Or do they merely detect the presence of a magical aura in the room (or rather, in the area of effect of the spell)?If going with the latter option, the possibility is of course there that the wizard will try to pinpoint the location by "scanning" the room (ex. walking closely to the walls, to reduce the area of effect when "scanning" the walls). Perhaps giving them a search check (with reduced DC to find) to find the magical trap would then be in order?I just think it's too easy that a 0th level spell foils all glyphs, runes, sigils and symbols of various levels. Of course, as you mentioned, Nystul's Magic Aura can help with that, but I still feel it's too easy a solution for those magic traps who aren't protected with that spell.</blockquote>