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Message: <blockquote data-quote="toucanbuzz" data-source="post: 9269150" data-attributes="member: 19270">Way back in the original day, traps:(1) Gave the thief (rogue) a chance to have the spotlight. Only thieves could disable traps, which were often deadly enough that not bringing a thief to the dungeon was a risky proposition. Since rogues stunk (mostly) at combat, you'd see many parties with multiclass dwarf or elven fighter/rogue combinations, leading to the mistaken belief that there were no human rogues at all.(2) Were an alternative to the puzzle of combat. In some modules, a "skill check" would be insufficient. You'd have to play it out, leading to increased blood pressure and parties carrying around things like 10-foot poles, canaries in cages, disposable henchmen, and preparing spells like delay poison for the inevitable Type E kill-you poison.</blockquote>