I'm playing in Kingmaker as well (on book 2 now) and have thus far only encountered one trap, whether there is more or not I don't know, but I will give my thoughts anyways.
Our party doesn't have a rogue and the only one that has disable device (that I'm aware of) is me... and I'm a wizard... and I only have a bonus of +3 total for the skill.
The only trap we encountered was magical, I saw it, told the party about it and we just moved around it, all during an intense battle.
Now, if I do run into a trap, I do have those 3 points. Not much I know, but I'm not ultra worried about it. Primarily because I'd make sure to keep the area clear before taking 20 on the roll (which is allowed). Even if I didn't have the skill, I personally believe that there's always a way around traps. Or at least there should be. Since Pathfinder is innately a game where you can do what you imagine within limits, there is usually more than one way to get to where you need to be. If the door is locked, there should / may be a way past that as well.
Also, as a summoner, they could potentially just summon a creature and have them run through traps, setting them off with little damage to themselves. Unless they are resetting of course. Also, since they'll be a summoner, there's the possibility that his / her Eidolon can be a sort of rogue in its own right, if that's the way they decide to go.
TL;DR: Don't worry about it. They'll find their way past locked doors and traps in some way or another.
It's also possible my group is just a bit luckier. We haven't explored everywhere on the map, but we have gotten through a really good chunk of it.
Perhaps you could make a suggestion to the rogue / summoner player to pick up the disable device skill in some way or another (whether it be the character or the Eidolon). If they don't listen, then you've done all you can do. When they die of traps enough, they'll learn.
If you're really that worried about it, ask him to sink one Evolution Point into getting that "+8 bonus to any skill" Evolution and applying that to Disable Device for the Eidolon.
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Just create a house feat which allows you to gain trapfinding. Combinated with disable device it should be ok
Groups will live or die as they do. It is not the GM's job to coddle them. If they go sans rogue, then there are consequences. Just like there are consequences to going sans healer, linemen, casters, whatever. As others have pointed out not having a trapper is not a game killer. Unless you are running some crazy dungeon of doom trap based ;)
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I'm playing in Kingmaker as well (on book 2 now) and have thus far only encountered one trap, whether there is more or not I don't know, but I will give my thoughts anyways.
Our party doesn't have a rogue and the only one that has disable device (that I'm aware of) is me... and I'm a wizard... and I only have a bonus of +3 total for the skill.
The only trap we encountered was magical, I saw it, told the party about it and we just moved around it, all during an intense battle.
Now, if I do run into a trap, I do have those 3 points. Not much I know, but I'm not ultra worried about it. Primarily because I'd make sure to keep the area clear before taking 20 on the roll (which is allowed). Even if I didn't have the skill, I personally believe that there's always a way around traps. Or at least there should be. Since Pathfinder is innately a game where you can do what you imagine within limits, there is usually more than one way to get to where you need to be. If the door is locked, there should / may be a way past that as well.
Also, as a summoner, they could potentially just summon a creature and have them run through traps, setting them off with little damage to themselves. Unless they are resetting of course. Also, since they'll be a summoner, there's the possibility that his / her Eidolon can be a sort of rogue in its own right, if that's the way they decide to go.
TL;DR: Don't worry about it. They'll find their way past locked doors and traps in some way or another.
The DC depends on how tricky the device is. If the check succeeds, you disable the device. If it fails by 4 or less, you have failed but can try again. If you fail by 5 or more, something goes wrong. If the device is a trap, you trigger it. If you're attempting some sort of sabotage, you think the device is disabled, but it still works normally.
You can take 20 in disabling traps only if you can't fail the check by more than 4. if you can fail by 5 or more you automatically activate the trap if you take 20.
You can always take 10 if you aren't distracted.
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To the OP: a good perception allow anyone to notice traps. Even if no one in the group can disable a trap using the skill, there are plenty of mundane and magical means to trigger it from a safe position, without harm for the party.
That is what the Eidolon is for. Have it set off the traps.
Good to know. Gotta get a few more ranks then.
What's the size of your party? The APs are created for parties of 4 characters.
Unless the players take really weird decisions at character creation, a 4-man party shouldn't have any "role to fill" (whatever that may means). And if they do, I guess it's their problem.
Anyway, as others mentionned, running Kingmaker without as "specialist" is not a game-breaker. In fact, I think running it without a "stealthy guy" may be more of a problem. A problem a well-built Eidolon can easily solve.
Yeah, KM is notoriously short on traps after the nasty, nasty bear traps in chapter one. There's a spare few elsewhere, but as long as someone has good perception to spot them, more often than not you can just avoid them without having to deal with disarming them.
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My advicee would be don't worry. As has already been mentioned, KM is hardly rife with traps and nothing (to date) that can't be circumvented. I'm running book 3 currently and though the party NOW has a rogue, she's hardly had any trap finding/disabling to do.
Diplomacy is KM is far more important than Disable Device as far as I'm concerned.
Our party is made up of a Bard, Sorcerer and Fighter. They had a semi-NPC with a level of Rogue, a level of Ranger and everything else as Expert to fill the trap-finder / scout role.
He is still with them in the middle of book 5 .... :)
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Rogue is not necessarily a felon, a bandit, a jailbird, a thief, a walking lockpicker/pickpocketer. "What's in a name?" would someone really famous say ;)
I play rogues because I enjoy what they can do, and I love the "fighting dirty" style. He doesn't necessarily go stand behind the guy (acrobatics are high, so he could though) but the paladin has learned that flanking makes me very accurate and deadly so he is usually the one 'advising' me to move over and flank this 'heinous foe'!
My rogue's never commited a felony, is more "good" than the paladin at times and overall would be best fitted for a station in a council because he knows a lot of things, is good with people, and knows how to get around.
Seems to me you are suffering from OPS (optimal party syndrome) where you are looking for a healer, a caster, a tank and a DPS.
Hope you get rid of that quickly, maybe see a 18th level cleric for that ;)
Seconded to Rick. The Rogue my party had for a time (the character is still present, but she's since rebuilt as a Fistfull of Denarii Hunter) is a woodswoman, a hunter, a tracker, and a diplomat to the local fey. She has yet, two chapters later, to ever steal anything, break any local laws, murder someone (killing in self-defense or defense of her kingdom =/= murder), or perform any other acts that might get her branded as a felon.
And between her ridiculous Stealth, Perception, and social scores, she's probably the best darn Spymistress for miles.