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Message: <blockquote data-quote="slaughterj" data-source="post: 6750640" data-attributes="member: 5341">Traps often are set by creatures to provide them notice of invaders, so timing is often quite important actually.  Plus, as many keep mentioning in the context of traps in various threads, timing for dealing with a trap often matters due to the potential for wandering monsters who may show up while you are spending time dealing with a trap.What is your point with this?  I don't ask for an active check, I use passive unless a PC asks to use an active.How is there a misinterpretation?  RAW, traps have set DCs.  Traps are found by Perception (generally, some could be by Investigation).  Perception is either passive or active.  If someone is not actively searching, they are relying on passive.  Seems pretty straight-forward to me.</blockquote>