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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 52865" data-attributes="member: 707">I think it all depends on how you envision a magical trap.If you see a magical trap as being invisible, save for a trace of magic that can be picked up by detect magic and removed by dispel magic then I can see people arguing that a rogue simply cannot notice or disarm it.  On the other hand, looking at a rogue's other skills such as uncanny dodge and improved evasion one might also argue that a rogue has a certain 'sixth sense' regarding danger.  And looking at the rogue ability 'use magic device' one might argue that a rogue has a special way in which he can impose his will on things of magic.  Taking these two together, it doesn't seem unbelievable that a rogue could sense an invisible magical trap, and know the right 'mental trick' to foul up the magic.The second option is to see a magical trap as necessarily having a physical component.  Perhaps a sigil is disguised in a complex pattern of lines on the ceiling.  Perhaps the floor is made of a special kind of stone which can accept magical conditioning.  Perhaps the torch in a wall-sconce burns a slightly peculiar color due to the magic it holds.  The rogue is adept at spotting these signs, and knows how to disrupt them by modifying the sigil / covering the stone / adding a special oil to the flame.Either way, I'd play it by the books.  It's a large part of the rogues' usefulness.  It's where they shine.  Wizards have polymorph and fireball to make them special. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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