WHile I agree 5E is too low risk for my taste, basic door traps aren't a challenge, they're an exercise in order of operations. Unless the DM is just pulling some kind of Grimtooth adversarial BS ("you fools, you dared search for traps? you set off the tiny explosive runes only readable by those looking for traps!"), they've been solved. It's 2024, we can do better than needles in locks.
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Good question. To answer that would probably require another thread that asks about which exploration challenges the various players here have encountered in 5e D&D.
We both know that 5e has Creature challenges, D&D has always had this particular challenge. But it doesn't seem IMO to appear to have very much of the other kinds of challenges such as Weather and Terrain challenges.
Oh no, I'm not getting baited into that discussion, because I know there's no winning it against you. Have a nice day.
I think it's a little too late to toss those two back into the pond.
You literally said it didn’t model some challenges, but when asked what challenges it does model you decline to answer? Okay. That’s certainly one way to admit you don’t have an argument to make.
I decline to answer because you clearly have a big chip on your shoulder about this particular topic and I'm regretting my attempt to be diplomatic.
Huh. What an odd thing to say. What gives you the impression I have a chip on my shoulder about the topic? We seem to agree completely that 5E does not model “old-school” challenges well, so I’m honestly curious what challenges you think it does model well.
Maybe has been addressed earlier in the thread...but...
