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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EOL" data-source="post: 91287" data-attributes="member: 823">Ideally yes, perhaps the DM should make all those rolls, but in the real world he often doesn't have the time.  Plus it's fun for the player to make their own rolls.  The real mistake the DM made was telling you the DC of the trap.  If you don't know what the DC is then it's quite a bit easier to role-play your characters reaction.  Now maybe you found out the DC later, but if you're sure you failed that makes it a lot tougher.When you don't know the DC I would assume that with a 22 your character would probably think he had disarmed it, though it might be perfectly within character to say, "I think I disarmed this trap but I'm not sure, Hey you!  Paladin!  You're god seems to smile on you (good saves) you want to shake this door (take 0) and see if it's still trapped, we'll just stand around the corner...</blockquote>