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Years ago I kept having this argument with the party fighter. I was playing a rogue. He had some sort of magical lens with a bonus to find traps. I was like, "let me use that so I can find traps better. You can't even find traps with a DC above 20, rules as written. That's a rogue class feature. With the lens I'd be getting like 27 if I take 10."
He was like "no. It's mine. I found it."
Like, my guy. We're all in danger if we don't find the traps. You don't see me holding onto armor I can't use.
Did you let him become chief trap finder? That's a quick way to get the item back.
Hah, I should have. I do remember letting him search first once and being petty about it. "Oh, you got a 12? A whole twelve? Woowwwww. I'm going to take 10 and get a, let's see- twenty-two. Would be a 27 if only I had some sort of magical equipment boost"
(For those of you who don't remember, "take 10" was a 3e rule where you can opt to treat the roll as if you'd rolled a 10, so long as you're not in immediate danger. https://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/usingSkills.htm )
edit: fixed typo that reversed meaning
Which got even more OP in 5e, at least for the rogue.