Trap Generator
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Spinning Blades
This trap has a cover constructed from material identical to the floor around it that releases spinning blades in the floor or walls. The blades move back and forth along a track, cutting up anything or anyone in their path. There's tall arrowslits in the walls and tracks on the floor.
Effect: Initiative +2, moves 60 ft. in a straight line each turn. If it enters another creature's space, 13 (4d10) slashing damage. Moves back and forth along a track.
Trigger: false floor, activates when a creature steps on the false floor and drops into the trap.
Countermeasures: Once the trap is detected with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check, an iron spike or similar object can be wedged between the cover and the surrounding floor in such a way as to prevent the cover from opening, thereby making it safe to cross. The cover can also be magically held shut using the arcane lock spell or similar magic.
Spike Growth Trap
A trivially easy riddle etched on a surface is enchanted to trigger when the answer is heard, which releases the spell stored within the trapped object. The object is covered in arcane symbols and writing.
Effect: +10 to hit (or DC 13) against one target, Casts Spike Growth centered on the triggerer
Trigger: false riddle, activates when an easy riddle is answered correctly.
Countermeasures: A spell or other effect that can sense the presence of magic, such as detect magic, reveals an aura of divination magic around the riddle. A successful dispel magic (DC 13) cast on the riddle destroys the trap. Casting dispel magic (DC 13) on the trap will cancel the stored spell.
Destroying Traps
Traps can be damaged and destroyed, sometimes to good or bad effect. Pipes containing fire or poison will rupture and spray over the area, while mechanisms can be rendered inoperable with enough force. Determine the HP and AC of your traps based on the tables below. Sometimes a fragile trap is more dangerous than a resilient one if destroying it will fill the corridor with acid.
| Substance | AC |
|---|---|
| Cloth, paper, rope | 11 |
| Crystal, glass, ice | 13 |
| Wood, bone | 15 |
| Stone | 17 |
| Iron, steel | 19 |
| Mithral | 21 |
| Adamantine | 23 |
| Size | HP (Fragile) | HP (Resilient) |
|---|---|---|
| Tiny (bottle, lock) | 4 (1d4) | 7 (2d4) |
| Small (chest, lute) | 6 (1d6) | 16 (3d6) |
| Medium (barrel, chandelier) | 5 (1d8) | 16 (4d8) |
| Large (cart, 10x10 ft. window) | 4 (1d10) | 14 (5d10) |
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