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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 9602136" data-attributes="member: 42040">MOST traps are garbage. If you're talking about a tripwire across the floor that fires a hidden bolt that might hit a character and do 4 points of damage, you know, the easiest thing to do is just ignore that. I've run published adventures for years and didn't have the time or inclination to edit them too much. Also, I wouldn't have the time to keep running &quot;non-challenges&quot; for the group. To me, it's not just that they found an easy way to bypass a challenge. That, by itself, is awesome and clever. It's when it is used over and over again that it ceases to be awesome or clever. At that point, either cut out those challenges or make the repeated method stop working.If you're going to keep the bland traps, combine them with combat encounters. That way your wizard has to choose between mage hand to disarm the trap OR blasting the goblin with a firebolt.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 9602136, member: 42040"] MOST traps are garbage. If you're talking about a tripwire across the floor that fires a hidden bolt that might hit a character and do 4 points of damage, you know, the easiest thing to do is just ignore that. I've run published adventures for years and didn't have the time or inclination to edit them too much. Also, I wouldn't have the time to keep running "non-challenges" for the group. To me, it's not just that they found an easy way to bypass a challenge. That, by itself, is awesome and clever. It's when it is used over and over again that it ceases to be awesome or clever. At that point, either cut out those challenges or make the repeated method stop working. If you're going to keep the bland traps, combine them with combat encounters. That way your wizard has to choose between mage hand to disarm the trap OR blasting the goblin with a firebolt. [/QUOTE]

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