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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8729828" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>Honestly, thinking about my response to "can I disarm it?" </p><p></p><p>"Sure, if you can figure out how it works. If you want to just roll you'd have a higher risk of setting off the trap." </p><p></p><p>To me, asking where the fire came from is them trying to clarify, and I'd either tell them or maybe have them roll investigation to see if they can decipher the burn pattern. </p><p></p><p>The what to do about it is... well, if they figure out it is a trap and not a sign of fire breathing monsters in the next room, they'd either try and disarm it or figure out a way around it. But, like I said, that's the interesting part.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not asking you to force feed me ideas. I'm pointing out what I saw as good examples and what I saw as problematic examples. I can assume anything I want about the level of detail you give. Maybe you tell them they find five partially assembled traps, but the racks could hold nine crossbows, so they know they are looking at a maximum of four traps. I don't know, you didn't specify, and just assuming you will perfectly execute an idea with zero flaws seems like a poor point to begin a discussion from.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8729828, member: 6801228"] Honestly, thinking about my response to "can I disarm it?" "Sure, if you can figure out how it works. If you want to just roll you'd have a higher risk of setting off the trap." To me, asking where the fire came from is them trying to clarify, and I'd either tell them or maybe have them roll investigation to see if they can decipher the burn pattern. The what to do about it is... well, if they figure out it is a trap and not a sign of fire breathing monsters in the next room, they'd either try and disarm it or figure out a way around it. But, like I said, that's the interesting part. I'm not asking you to force feed me ideas. I'm pointing out what I saw as good examples and what I saw as problematic examples. I can assume anything I want about the level of detail you give. Maybe you tell them they find five partially assembled traps, but the racks could hold nine crossbows, so they know they are looking at a maximum of four traps. I don't know, you didn't specify, and just assuming you will perfectly execute an idea with zero flaws seems like a poor point to begin a discussion from. [/QUOTE]
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