The Flow of Trap Detection. https://t.co/Wpvhr5zC4b #dnd pic.twitter.com/UK1EeWCNOe
— SlyFlourish.com (@SlyFlourish) November 25, 2019
I believe it’s also within the rules for Investigation to be the primary most likely skill to detect traps and Perception after that. Most traps aren’t going to be obvious and require doing things like tapping on flagstones, which is what Investigation represents. Is that somewhere in the books?
— SlyFlourish.com (@SlyFlourish) November 25, 2019
The books are a mess. It depends by trap type, but the original intention seems to be that some traps can only be found with Investigation (poison needle) and others you get a “something’s wrong here” with Perception and then Investigation reveals what (pit trap). Yeah, there's no hard rules for investigation vs perception in the books, but both are used.
But there's no reason you couldn't also have "passive Investigation", although that might step on the toes of the rogue's Reliable Talent…— Jester David (@DnDJester) November 25, 2019
Passive anything is a thing, but Passive Investigation gets a callout in the Observant feat as well.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) November 25, 2019
Thabks, Dan! Do you see anything wrong in the original article? I don’t want to pass bad info. Mmm, talking about Sleight of Hand instead of thieves' tools to disarm traps.
Intelligence (Arcana) can also be used to detect magical traps as well to disarm them.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) November 25, 2019
I always thought of it as Perception spots the trap and Investigation to figure out how it works.
— 🇨🇦 TheSwamper (@SwampRob) November 25, 2019
That's how they do.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) November 25, 2019
Thabks, Dan! Do you see anything wrong in the original article? I don’t want to pass bad info. Mmm, talking about Sleight of Hand instead of thieves' tools to disarm traps.
Intelligence (Arcana) can also be used to detect magical traps as well to disarm them.
— Dan Dillon 👥 (@Dan_Dillon_1) November 25, 2019
How about this great idea, drop perception and investigation and rename it “Search”! This will also eliminate constantly using perception like a Psionic ESP ability!