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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Old Gumphrey" data-source="post: 1625027" data-attributes="member: 12872">I'll chip in with the correct majority and say that alarm is definitely a trap. It meets the dictionary definition of 'trap', and can also align with the D&D definition of a trap. I have my 3.5 DMG open to page 68 where it discusses "elements of a trap". From the DMG:"All traps - mechanical or magical - have the following elements:Trigger - Yep. Proximity.Reset - No Reset, one of the 4 options.Bypass (optional) - None.Search/Disable DC - Magic Trap, 26.Attack Bonus/Saving Throw - "Occasionally a trap will use both of these options, or neither."Damage/Effect - Yes, there is absolutely an effect. The effect is that the spell's caster is alterted to an intruder's presence. This meets all definitions of the word 'effect'.Challenge Rating - According to the tables on pages 74 and 75, I've come up with 3.I think it's pretty safe to say that an alarm spell is a trap. Now the question is, can you disarm it? I would say yes, using the RAW, they can. From the DMG: "Magic traps may be disarmed by a rogue (and only a rogue) with a successful Disable Device check (DC 25 + spell level).This seems pretty clear to me, I don't know what all the fuss is about.</blockquote>