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Violist said:
So, right now, I'm kind of wary in case the GM tries to have something steal my spellbook... so I was thinking, put Symbols on it. Would a trigger condition along the lines of "Detonate whenever someone not of the party and not observably accepted by caster tries to touch <object>" work?
Hmmm... with a bit of XP and some time I could booby-trap every piece of kit around... 
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From the spell all Symbols inherit their triggering conditions:
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You can also set special triggering limitations of your own. These can be as simple or elaborate as you desire. Special conditions for triggering a symbol of death can be based on a creature’s name, identity, or alignment, but otherwise must be based on observable actions or qualities. Intangibles such as level, class, Hit Dice, and hit points don’t qualify.
When scribing a symbol of death, you can specify a password or phrase that prevents a creature using it from triggering the effect. Anyone using the password remains immune to that particular rune’s effects so long as the creature remains within 60 feet of the rune. If the creature leaves the radius and returns later, it must use the password again.
You also can attune any number of creatures to the symbol of death, but doing this can extend the casting time. Attuning one or two creatures takes negligible time, and attuning a small group (as many as ten creatures) extends the casting time to 1 hour. Attuning a large group (as many as twenty-five creatures) takes 24 hours. Attuning larger groups takes proportionately longer. Any creature attuned to a symbol of death cannot trigger it and is immune to its effects, even if within its radius when triggered. You are automatically considered attuned to your own symbols of death, and thus always ignore the effects and cannot inadvertently trigger them.
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So you could set up a Touch trigger, attuned to yourself and everyone currently in the party, and add a password for anyone you hand it to. You could even skip the password, and have it not trigger for anyone you specifically hand it to, and attune it to a specific list of individuals. I'd want the exact trigger-condition phrasing a bit in advance, though, so I can adjucate it, and warn you if some particular funciton isn't on the list of possibles.