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Message: <blockquote data-quote="T. Foster" data-source="post: 3020745" data-attributes="member: 16574">Were I a player in such a game I'd never just pull that lever. I'd use whatever magical tricks I had to get the secret door open without pulling the lever (knock, passwall, gaseous form, etc.), then to get as much info as possible about the door and the lever (divination, find traps, detect magic, true seeing, etc.), and if all else failed personally I'd probably just leave with my macguffin (and perhaps come back later armed with more of the above or similar spells/techniques), but if the rest of the party insisted and I was outvoted I'd at least try to find some remote means of pulling the lever (rope, unseen servant, summoned monster, etc.). Since the hypothetical player didn't do any of that, I can't really judge if this situation was "fair" or not. If he did do all of that and still came down to having to roll a natural 20 save to survive, I'd probably declare the situation unfair (maybe not quite "unfair" since no one's forcing him to pull the lever and he can always just walk away, but not really much fun).</blockquote>