Rogues: Spot and Search

[Eye Tyrant]

I'm trying to figure out the best way to address an issue I ran into yesterday in the game I run...

Note: I am not the Rules Cyclopedia some other DMs are...

Original post from thread found here

Situation: Halfling Rogue creeping down a tunnel as point man... "I'm looking for traps and whatnot (MS and Hiding)"...

The Rogue is not actively Searching any given 5' square... I'm going to rule that the Rogue, when in "point-man" status will get a Spot check every 30' (unless lighting prevents) to notice anything "unusual" (ie. traps) in the environment. If and when that something "unusual" is noticed then the Rogue can Search for a trap...

This does make sense right?

If this is covered in the books please forgive my dumb question, and if so please direct me to it...