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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 7587110">Um...locks?!?!?!&nbsp; Maybe I've been playing wrong, but I've always let tools be applied to most/all locks, but relatively few traps.In fact, upthread I thought I was being funny allowing Thieves' Tools proficiency to be used to &quot;disarm&quot; a poisoned doorknob, and since nobody commented I thought nobody noticed.&nbsp; But maybe you didn't see anything wrong with it?I was referring to the sentiment that it's not fair to not let people &quot;roll skills&quot; whenever they want to, after they had &quot;invested&quot; in them.&nbsp; Since the only thing you can spend those points on is skills, if I treat all skills the same way then nobody can make a &quot;bad investment&quot;.I suppose you could argue that somebody chose the Rogue class in order to be a skill monkey, and if I don't &quot;let them&quot; use their skills they are being cheated.&nbsp; I still give the rogues plenty to do (in fact I try to find things for everybody to use their proficiencies on) I just don't always ask for a roll.&nbsp; Nine times out of ten I'll just let somebody with Thieves' Tools proficiency open a lock without having to roll.&nbsp; (I'll sometimes say out loud, &quot;Since you have proficiency...&quot; just to let them know.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 7587110"] Um...[I]locks[/I]?!?!?! Maybe I've been playing wrong, but I've always let tools be applied to most/all locks, but relatively few traps. In fact, upthread I thought I was being funny allowing Thieves' Tools proficiency to be used to "disarm" a poisoned doorknob, and since nobody commented I thought nobody noticed. But maybe you didn't see anything wrong with it? I was referring to the sentiment that it's not fair to not let people "roll skills" whenever they want to, after they had "invested" in them. Since the only thing you can spend those points on is skills, if I treat all skills the same way then nobody can make a "bad investment". I suppose you could argue that somebody chose the Rogue class in order to be a skill monkey, and if I don't "let them" use their skills they are being cheated. I still give the rogues plenty to do (in fact I try to find things for everybody to use their proficiencies on) I just don't always ask for a roll. Nine times out of ten I'll just let somebody with Thieves' Tools proficiency open a lock without having to roll. (I'll sometimes say out loud, "Since you have proficiency..." just to let them know.) [/QUOTE]

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