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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cjosephs1s" data-source="post: 5736481" data-attributes="member: 6683450">It is hard to build a good rogue.  It takes a lot of carefully chosen feats and magic items to make them really effective in combat and even then its almost better to multiclass into scout and do a ranged sneak attack.   As for traps and locked doors a fighter with a good climb check and a good STR score works well for this.  He's got the HP to take the trap damage, a cood Fort save for poison damage, and if he falls in a pit he can climb his way out even after taking the falling damage + spike damage+ acid damage at the bottom of it.   And there's nothing wrong with taking 20 to search a room.  Our party does it all the time to find stuff.</blockquote>