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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6339849" data-attributes="member: 7006">Yeah... the only reason I'm sort of thinking in this direction is due to how they seemed to have wanted searching to go in all facets of the game.&nbsp; They made it a point to say that if a player was looking for treasure or whatnot, that they'd have to actually state what it was they were searching through, not that they could just make a blanket &quot;I search!&quot; and automatically get to roll and find anything that they rolled higher than.&nbsp; So if the hidden treasure was under a secret compartment in a chest... the player was required to state &quot;I search the chest&quot; in order to get to make the roll to find the secret compartment.&nbsp; If they didn't mention the chest when they went through searching a room... they automatically did not find it.So by the same token... I assume the same is true for traps.&nbsp; You have to state specifically &quot;I'm searching for traps&quot; in order to get a roll.&nbsp; Don't say you're looking for traps... you don't get to roll to find traps.&nbsp; And at least in the case of this one trap in the Starter Set... they must have wanted to imply that *if* you were looking for it, it actually was rather easy to find (thus the auto-success of DCs up to the PC's passive perception, and a roll to find any DCs higher.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6339849, member: 7006"] Yeah... the only reason I'm sort of thinking in this direction is due to how they seemed to have wanted searching to go in all facets of the game. They made it a point to say that if a player was looking for treasure or whatnot, that they'd have to actually state what it was they were searching through, not that they could just make a blanket "I search!" and automatically get to roll and find anything that they rolled higher than. So if the hidden treasure was under a secret compartment in a chest... the player was required to state "I search the chest" in order to get to make the roll to find the secret compartment. If they didn't mention the chest when they went through searching a room... they automatically did not find it. So by the same token... I assume the same is true for traps. You have to state specifically "I'm searching for traps" in order to get a roll. Don't say you're looking for traps... you don't get to roll to find traps. And at least in the case of this one trap in the Starter Set... they must have wanted to imply that *if* you were looking for it, it actually was rather easy to find (thus the auto-success of DCs up to the PC's passive perception, and a roll to find any DCs higher.) [/QUOTE]

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