lvl 10 underground city: Need help for traps

[Foxdie13]

Hello everyone.

I'm still going on with my lvl 10 game and I would need assistance from all of you. I got a urban ranger with the kit for disarming traps, so I like placing a few traps to let that person shine from time to time. Fact is: he is surpassing by far the average traps. Yes of course I could just increase the perception check needed and the disable device roll BUT it would not be that fun.

I know it was a discussion a while ago but: can you share with me some trap idea you know that is not only perception/disable device? And at the same time, how the players would need to disable it?

[Claxon]

Traps pretty much all boil down to perception to notice them and disable device checks to prevent them from causing harm. If you're circumventing those rolls, it stops being a trap and starts being a puzzle.

Traps are, IMO, a crappy mechanic that usually isolates one member of the party and forces them to do something alone, while only really eating up time (and maybe resources if someone gets injured).

[Artanthos]

Explosive Runes.

Noticing them detonates them.

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On a more serious note: not all traps can be disabled. Take a pit concealed by an illusion. You can find it but will need an in-game solution to bypass the pit, possibly leading to a secondary trap that is more difficult to spot.

Add in illusionary traps or fake traps (damn, no matter how hard I try, I just cannot spring this poisoned needle)