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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 8442259" data-attributes="member: 97077">The issue is in the assumption that examining a chest for traps involves touching the chest. That is, at best, a table rule that you and your players may agree on. Perfectly fine, but it is not a rule of the game. Therefore, for those groups who do not share your table rule that "examine chest for traps = touching the chest," you're going to get pushback that the DM is overstepping their role and that reasonable specificity is required (which actually is set forth in the rules in the section on hidden objects).As for why the character has skills, as [USER=6779196]@Charlaquin[/USER] has noted, these are effectively insurance for when a player's decisions fall short of success without a roll. Which will happen quite a bit in a game where the pace is reasonably good and the PCs are engaged in situations that have actual stakes to them.</blockquote>