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I was thinking over the fail by 5 or more rules. I don't see any feats or abilities to mod that, so I was thinking of a few ways to modify that.
One way are feats that add a static number to a failure range, here is an idea for failing a disable device check by up to 8:
Another idea is adding your ability modifier to the failure range, here is an idea for failing a climb check by up to 5 + str mod:
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I have two comments on this:
1.) If you go for the addition of a static number, it needs to be bigger. As it stands, that Disable Device feat is strictly inferior to Skill Focus: Disable Device.
2.) Anything that puts the tracking of the fact that you have a feat on the DM makes me nervous and the more subtle it is, the more nervous I get.
My suggestion: make it foolproof. If that's too powerful, make it so you can't disarm the trap that you would have tripped (or increase the DC by 5-10 to achieve effectively the same results). I like the idea of the feat making you more cautious instead of flat-out better, but I think a straight ability is both more appropriate power-wise and easier to adjudicate.
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My goal here was to add make people who already skill monkeys get a better bonus then those who were not. I figured it your rogue wanted to be a trap super star, he/she was going for skill focus as well as this.
The best idea I've heard for this is to make this feat add to all the "fail by 5" skills by the ability mod.
I still kind of like this base idea as it seems like an expanded crit range for a fighter, but for skills. But I like your ideas though.