Search

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DnD 3.5 Search
You can find secret doors, simple traps, hidden compartments, and other details not readily apparent. The spot skill lets you notice something, such as a hiding rogue. The search skill lets a character discern some small detail or irregularity through active effort. Search does not allow you to find complex traps unless you are a rogue.

Modifying ability: Intelligence

Classes: Ranger, Rogue

Requires training: No

Check: You generally must be within 10 feet of the object or surface to be searched. The table below gives DCs for typical tasks involving search.

Special:
 * An elf has a +2 racial bonus on search checks, and a half-elf has a +1 racial bonus. An elf (but not a half-elf) who simply passes within 5 feet of a secret or concealed door can make a search check to find that door.
 * If you have the investigator feat, you get a +2 bonus on search checks.

Synergy:
 * If you have 5 or more ranks in search, you get a +2 bonus on survival checks to find or follow tracks.
 * If you have 5 or more ranks in knowledge(architecture and engineering), you get a +2 bonus on search checks to find secret doors or hidden compartments.

Restriction:
 * While anyone can use search to find a trap whose DC is 20 or lower, only a rogue can use search to locate traps with higher DCs. (Exception: The spell find traps temporarily enables a cleric to use the search skill as if he were a rogue.)
 * A dwarf, even one who is not a rogue, can use the search skill to find a difficult trap (one with a DC higher than 20) if the trap is built into or out of stone. He gains a +2 racial bonus on the search check from his stonecunning ability.

External resources

 * NWNWiki:Search