Barbarian/Rogue

[Jonin]

I have a 5th level rogue that has been very fun to play but lacked the hit points to play solo. I also had a 7th level barbarian. I decided to multiclass my barbarian character with the rogue class to get the best of both worlds. I have since become a 7th level barbarian, 3rd level rogue. But I am a bit confused. When I play my straight rogue, he will sense traps, I will search for them, find the mechanism, and disarm it. But with my multiclass rogue he will still sense the trap, but when I search for it I can never locate it so it can be disarmed. Why is this? Is it because I am wearing armor? It's the same when I sense a hidden door. My rogue can find it immediately, but my multiclass can't. Any insights?

[TommyBoy]

your search is too low. the reason you sense it is because you get trap sense as a barb.

rule of thumb when your going to multi with rogue, take it first.

edit* by first I mean take lvl one as rogue

[dlsidhe]

You probably don't have enough points invested in your search skill to be able to locate the traps, or don't have a high enough base INT.

ETA: ...and this is why you don't leave a window open and forget to hit reply when you walk away.