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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Belbarrus" data-source="post: 1382272" data-attributes="member: 10962">Right, but it also doesnt mean that a Rogue is the doing the *exact* action that would trigger the trap.If you have seen the Raider's of the Lost Ark movie, check out what Indiana Jones is doing in the opening scene. He scans the floor visually, then moves some moss/mud aside to reveal a pressure plate, which he purposely activates by pushing down on it with the stick. The same thing with the "light" trap and even with the pedestal. The character is able to determine a trap exists, not just by "looking" *without* setting off the trap, because they are looking for signs that a trap exists otherwise. If Indiana Jones did *not* find the floor pressure plate, it would not have gone off until he did an action to set it off, but the act of searching alone does not set off the trap.The book Traps & Treachery goes into some details. For example, a Rogue may notice some scarring from an acid trap without having to get near the trigger mechanism.A Rogue does not need to step on a pit trap to notice the seam of the lid. Just like the way jungle guides know how to get around natural hazards like poisonous plants, quicksand, and so, *without* having to actually step IN the hazard.B</blockquote>