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Does a character need to be intentionally searching for a trap to be able to find it?

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I've been trying to figure out whether a character needs to actively be looking for traps (i.e. spending a move action) in order to be able to find them or she simply gets a reactive check when she comes close. I remember that in D&D 3.5, you'd get Spot and Search as skills, and you needed Search to find traps, which was an active looking for. But in Pathfinder both things are conflated in Perception, which can be reactive or active.

The skill description lists the action as "Find a hidden trap," as opposed to "Notice a hidden trap." Does using the verb "find" mean that it must be done through active searching?


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