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Message: <blockquote data-quote="akr71" data-source="post: 7012477" data-attributes="member: 6801213">I try and telegraph traps based on the characters' passive perception scores similar to what [MENTION=6785649]Voort[/MENTION] described above.  "You notice that there is wear pattern on the stairs" or "there are a number of footprints in the dust covering hallway, but they appear to be pressed tightly up against the wall" kinda thing.  As a player, I hate traps that seem to have no rhyme or reason except to cause damage.A well executed puzzle should be open-ended.  I mean that there shouldn't be one single solution.  Say the characters need to magically unlock a chest and the solution is to spell "key" by interacting with objects in the room.  Maybe "unlock" or "open" should be close enough - it doesn't have to be the exact solution you came up with.</blockquote>