The search skill lets a character discern some small detail or irregularity through active effort, such as secret doors, traps, hidden compartments, and other details not readily apparent.
Modifying ability: Intelligence
Classes: Ranger, Rogue, Arcane trickster, Assassin, Red dragon disciple, Shadow thief of Amn, Shadowdancer
Requires training: No
Check: You normally make search checks within a distance of 5 feet, but can increase this to 10 feet when in search mode. Search checks for traps are made against a DC of the setter's trap skill and a value in accordance with the strength of the trap.
Special: Only rogues may detect traps with a DC greater than 35; 5 ranks in search gives a +2 synergy bonus to survival; an elf behaves as though in search mode all the time with no penalty to movement; an elf additionally receives +2 racial bonus to this skill, and a half-elf receives +1; a dwarf or a deep gnome receives +2 racial bonus only when inside or underground; a druid receives a +2 bonus when in the wilderness due to nature sense.
Use: Automatic
External resources
- NWNWiki:Search