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<blockquote data-quote="CydKnight" data-source="post: 7709559" data-attributes="member: 6873462">You can play the way you want.&nbsp; That's the beauty of 5E.But in my game if you tell me you are going to disable a trap and can't even understand the mechanism to do so is in a different place from where it apparently is set to be sprung, then the attempt will simply fail.&nbsp; Perceiving the way the trap works is a separate dice roll that would precede the roll to disable it.&nbsp; Maybe it is even part of what is discerned from the same dice roll that detected the trap.&nbsp; If you are the DM, you decide.I do agree there is vagueness in the UA examples.Your bear trap example is a little different but I do not disagree with you.&nbsp; However, I do agree with the UA that a strength check should be made simply because I already know a real bear trap actually does require strength to enable and disable. If you are implying that a hunter proficient in hunting traps would be proficient in disabling a bear trap then I would agree.Yes, I agree tripwires can be avoided or even cut without a roll.&nbsp; But noticing one is not automatic and should require a roll in my opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CydKnight, post: 7709559, member: 6873462"] You can play the way you want. That's the beauty of 5E. But in my game if you tell me you are going to disable a trap and can't even understand the mechanism to do so is in a different place from where it apparently is set to be sprung, then the attempt will simply fail. Perceiving the way the trap works is a separate dice roll that would precede the roll to disable it. Maybe it is even part of what is discerned from the same dice roll that detected the trap. If you are the DM, you decide. I do agree there is vagueness in the UA examples. Your bear trap example is a little different but I do not disagree with you. However, I do agree with the UA that a strength check should be made simply because I already know a real bear trap actually does require strength to enable and disable. If you are implying that a hunter proficient in hunting traps would be proficient in disabling a bear trap then I would agree. Yes, I agree tripwires can be avoided or even cut without a roll. But noticing one is not automatic and should require a roll in my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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