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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8403500" data-attributes="member: 7032025">You don't even need to houserule this, you know. The player is describing actions, but it's always the DM who tells when and if there is a roll.At our tables, we use passive perception, and don't even ask for a roll, unless a PC has a particular reason to notice a trap (maybe from a description, maybe from logic, maybe just a hunch) in which case he just describes what he does, and the DM has all the options open (allow a roll, allow a hidden roll, use passive, use automatic success and failure, etc.) depending on the actual situation.Ad by the way the same thing goes for perception, investigation and insight. We got completely rid of the metagame paranoia of always asking for checks, the players trust the DM not to screw them on purpose with "you should have checked, now you're dead" which are not fun to anyone but really the source of the paranoia.Adventurers are professional, we are just assuming that they are vigilant and aware as much as their stats allow, and that they take the necessary precautions. And if they want to be extra careful in some areas because of reasons, then we allow that too.As for the time it takes, first see the other threads about time, which can be as flexible as a DM likes, and why do you need rules for rooms, some might be bare, others cluttered, some clean, other disgusting, don't bind yourself with rules that you might want to break depending on the circumstances.</blockquote>

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