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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Slapzilla" data-source="post: 3816676" data-attributes="member: 52781">Excellent points, both.  Fighter types can withstand hp damaging traps.  Rogue types can avoid 'em using reflex saves and spellcasters can cope with the mind muddlers best.  It's generally difficult at best for the party to know who to stick in front at which door, hall and/or special tile on the floor.  It is a randomizer that many players loathe.  Now, if the Rogue finds and disarms all the traps without the party's aid, then I think things are different.  The Rogue should shine in that case and get the xp bonus.  But then you get into varying the xp awards and if you don't want to figure out special ways to give bonuses to the fighter types for a particularly grueling melee slog or the spellcasters for a spectacular series of castings, then just even it out.My problem is, when the party first encounters a trap, they get into Search mode.  The dungeon crawl slows to just that, a dice rolling crawl.  How dull.  A series of dice rolls that tell the story.  Yuk!  Of course, a Raiders of the Lost Ark style outpouring of dangerous moments and you don't need a Rogue.  Balance, balance, balance.Personally, I don't mind when one character gets to hog a bit.  I make dang sure all my players get that moment (and the bonus xp) too.  The Paladin rallying troops at the vangard, the Bard lifting the morale of the tired soldiers, the Cleric ministering to the wounded and the dead, the Ranger organizing the picket scouts and spying on enemy movements, all things that the Players get to shine at and have a bit of roleplaying fun.  If the Rogue gets the lion's share of trap xp, fine.</blockquote>

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