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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Christian" data-source="post: 1597138" data-attributes="member: 381">Hadn't really seen this as a big deal before, but it's starting to bug me.Character A: 10th level elven rogue, Int 14, maxed Search.Character B: 10th level elven ranger, Int 14, maxed Search.Both characters have Search +17. So:Secret Door, search DC 20: Character A and Character B have a 90% chance to find it.Trap, Search DC 20: Character A and Character B have a 90% chance to find it.Secret Door, search DC 21: Character A and Character B have an 85% chance to find it.Trap, Search DC 21: Character A has an 85% chance to find it. Character B has a 0% chance to find it.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" />It makes sense that Rogues would be better at finding traps. (It's a reasonable class ability, at any rate.) But this is just weird ... One thought that popped into my head: Give rogues a bonus to Search vs. trap DC's equal to half their level, and up the DC's for standard traps with a DC over 20 by one per point over 20. (DC 21 -> 22, DC 22 -> 24, DC 25 -> 30, etc.) Now, the two character's chances on that DC 20 trap are 100% and 90%, and for the DC 21 (revised to 22) they're 80% and 100%. (DC 21 traps are good for 1st level rogues to try to find, pointless to throw them at 10th level groups, unless they don't have a rogue ...) An old-style DC 25 trap would now be DC 30; the rogue would have a 65% chance of finding it, same as before, while the ranger would still have a 40% chance. And an old-style DC 30 trap goes from a 40% chance to a 15% chance at DC 40 for the rogue; it's still out of reach for the ranger, but he could eventually learn to have a shot at that at higher levels.Thoughts? Alternatives? Am I whining about nothing? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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