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aps
Vi
olence
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kact
ionist
akenwi t
hina
de
signat
edzonet
hetrapact
ivat
es.

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ruct
ionofanitem
I
faspeci
fici
temisdestr
oye
dorac ert
ain
Thisisacomprehens
iveguidefort
rapsfor
cr
eat
ureiski
lle
dthetrapact
ivat
es.
yourgameofD&Dandwi t
hinaresever
al
premadetrapsandwaystomaket hosedull
Lever/
but
ton
encounte
rsabitmoreint
erest
ing.
Abut t
onorl
everthatwhe
npr
ess
edorpul
led
act
ivat
est
hetrap.
Whe nc hoosingat rapyouhavet hec hoiceof
havi ngi tbes tandard,he r
oic,orlegendar y
Magicalpresence/
Useofmagi c
(de signat edbyt hethreeslashes)
.Fore ve
r y
Whe nmagicisus e
dorde t
ectedwithi
na
rankaf terthef i
rstthechalle
nger ati
ngoft he
desi
gnatedareathetrapact
ivat
es.Thi
sis
trapr ai
s esbyone .Everytrapne edsagood
normall
ydonet hroughtheuseofruneswhich
trigge rs orol
lont heTri
gge rschart(1:1)for
canbedecipheredwithaDC15/20/25ar cana
ane xc i
tingwayt osetoffyourde adly
chec
k.
obs tac l
e.
Pr essurePlate
Thepr ess
urepl ateistheconventi
onalt
rap
Tri
gge rs(d8+d41:1)
trigger,whe ne noughf orcei
sappli
editsi
nks
2 Violence
intothegr oundwi thas uddenthumpandt he
3 De st
ructi
onofanit
em
trapac ti
vates.Pressureplate
sarenormall
y
4 Leve r
/Button
hidde nands or equireaDC15/20/25
5 Us i
ngmagi c/magi
calpr
ese
nce
pe rcepti
onori nve st
igati
onchecktofi
nd.
6 PressurePlat
e
The yc analsobedi sabledwitha
7 Tripwire
DC15/20/25Sl ei
ghtofHandc heckwhichif
8 BalancePlate
failedacti
vate sthetrap.
9 Magi cRune
10Sound
Tripwi
re
11Al ignme nt
Anotherc
las
sictr
igger,t
hetri
pwi r
eisat hi
n
12Li ght
str
ingt
hatwhe nbrokenacti
vat
esthetrap.
ADC15/20/25Pe r
cepti
onorInvest
igati
on
checkc
anbedonet ofindthewire
.

BalancePl at
e
ABal ancePlateisli
keani nvertedpr es
sure
plat
e,insteadofacti
vatingwhe nitispushed
downabal anceplat
eac ti
vateswhe n
pressureisrel
ievedfrom thepl at
e.
DC17/20/25pe r
cepti
onori nve s
tigati
onto
fi
ndi tandDC17/20/25t odisableit.

Magi cRune
Magi crune sarerareduet ot heirhighc ost
ands kil
lr equir
eme ntsbutc anof tenbewor t
h
theinve st
me ntsincethe yarehar dertof i
nd
anddi sable.ADC20/25/30Ar c anache c
k
tel
lsthec reatur
et hattheruneac ti
vates
some thing.Thec reat
ur ecant henat t
empt
aDC20/25/30s leightofhandc he c
kt otry
anddi sabletherune .Iftheyfailthent hetrap
goesof f
.
Sound
IfaLoud/Me dium/Qui e
ts oundgoe soffinthe
des ignatedareathe nthetrapac t
ivates.An
exampl eofaLouds oundi sas houtorc lash
ofs wor ds,ame dium soundwoul dbet alki
ng
orki c ki
ngas toneandqui etwoul dbe
whi s peri
ngore venwal kingt ooloudly.Ifitis
clearwhe nyourpl ayersspeaki nc haract
e r
thent hi
scanbeus e dtoactivatethet r
ap,
othe rwiseitcouldbebe tt
e rtoge ttheplaye r
s
tor ollaDC14/18/22s t
ealthc hecktoavoi d
beingde tec
tedbyt hetrap.

Alignment
Thet r
apac tivatesi
fanyoneofac hose
n
ali
gnme nte nt e
rsade s
ignatedarea.An
exampl ewoul dbeanar row t
rapthatfir
esas
soonass ome oneofevilali
gnme ntopensthe
doorbuti tremai nsmot i
onlessi
fagood
personwal ksi ntotheroom.

Light
Whe nthetri
ggerisexpose
dt oalightsour
ce
thetrapact
ivat
es,al
thoughthestrengt
hof
thesourcemaydi f
fer
BrightLi
ght/Dim Light
/AnyLi ght.
Manyofthetrapshavevariousleve
lsthey Bl ackTent acles
canbeusedat.Thisisde
signatedusi
ngt he (CR1,Magi cal)
for
wardslas
he seasy/medium/hard.Feelfr
ee Hi ddenunde rf l
oor boardsors tonet i
le sa
tomixandmat chthedif
ferentpowerlevel
sto magi cals pe l
lhasbe ens et.Whe nt r
igge redit
bet
ters
uityourgame . largebl ackt entac l
ess pringoutf rom whe re
the ywe rehidde nandat tac ksanyt hingwi thin
Mos tofthetr
apsc anal sobedi sabledwi t
h 10f t
.The ywi llalsotryt ogr appl ethet arget
success
fulsl
eightofhandorar canache c
ks . andi ft heydot hec reatur eunl uckye nought o
Youmi ghtdec i
dethats omet rapsc anbe bei nitsgr aspge tspul l
ed5f ttowar dst he
deacti
vatedoravoi dedus ingski l
lsotherthan cent r
eoft het entacles.Thet e ntacl
esmake
thoseli
stedwiththet rap.Fors omet rapsa 1/2/3at tacksati nitiati
vec ount20andandat
fai
luretoproperlyde acti
vatethet rapwi l
l initi
ativec ount10andwi l
lc hoos etopr iori
tis
e
resul
tinanaffecttriggering. targetst hathave ntbe engr appl ed.
Thi strapwor ksbe stwhe nj oine dwi thanot her
traporac reaturet otakeadvant ageoft he
Ar row t rap playe r
sgr appl eds t
ate .
(CR1/2,Me c
hanical)
Ar row t rapsar ethemos tcommonofal ltraps Range:10f
tAt t
ack:+2/+4/+6
andar emos toftenc ompr isedofonl ya Hit
:d6+2/2d6+2/3d6+4bl udgeoni
ngdamage
crossbow andt hetrigge r
.Mor eadvanc ed andthetarge
tisgrapple
d(escapeDC13/15/17)
.
variant soft hetraphavet heme chanism
embe dde di ntowal l
sandal l
ow f orthet r
apt o Pe
rce
ption
fir
emor et hanonc ebe forene edingt obe DC15:Seest
hetr
igger
rearme d.Some ti
me sthe yar eeve nmount e d DC20:Notic
est
hetrapands
eest
het
rigge
r
onpi l
larsandmagi calalteredt ot r
ackt heir
targe t
s,t hought hisisof t
enr e
legat edtoonl y Ar c
ana
themos twe lldefendedar eas.Apar ti
cular l
y DC20:Di sr
upt st
het entaclespowerforc
ing
nas t
yt rickf orlow leve lpartiesistopos i
tion themt ostopmovi ngandr e
turntothei
rhiding
thehi dde narrow trapsbe hi ndt hepar t
ywi th place.Thismus tbedoneatt hesourceofthe
thet ri
gge r60ftormor eawayf rom t he tentacl
es.Fai
l:Thet rapc onti
nuestooperate
entranc e . asnor malandl ashesoutatt hecreat
urethat
Thise nc our agesthemt ode alwi thwhat ever atte
mpt edtoc ontrolit
.
threatl iesahe adandr unf orwar di ntothe
dunge onorc anbeus edi nc onjunc t
ionwi th
othe rene mi estotrap( nopuni ntended)t hem
betwe e nt hear r
owsandmons ters.

Range
:80/320f
tAtt
ack:+3/+6/+9
Hit
:1D6/2D6/3D6pierc
ingdamage

Pe
rce
pti
on
DC15:se
esthet
rigger
DC20:Noti
cest
het r
apandt
het
rigge
r

Sle
ightofHand
DC15:Di s
armst hetr
ap
Fail
:Thearrow i
sfir
edandmakesanatt
ack
agains
tacreat
ureinrangeandl
ineofs
ight
.

Arcana(i
fmagi c
al)
DC20:Shut sdownt hemagicc
ontrol
li
ngit
Fai
l:Thetrapconti
nuestooper
ateasnormal
Dar knes s Range :10ftAt tac k:DC10/15/20De xterit
y
(CR- ,Magi cal) savingt hrow,as uccessresult
sinhalfdamage.
3ftdi ame terballsofdar kne sshangi nt heair Hit:3D12/5D12/7D12f ir
edamage
ands eemt oabs or bt hel i
ghtar oundt he m. Special:Ifthetr api stri
gger e
di naconfined
Whe nac reaturec ome swi thin5f tofitt hebal l placesuc ht hatt hec harac
tershaveno
begi nst omovei nar andom di rec ti
onwi t
ha possiblewayt oavoi dittheDCi si
ncreased
spee dof5/10/15f tasi tstartstof loataway. by5.
Anyc reatur ethatt ouc hesoneoft hef loating
orbsf e elsitslife
-for ces t
artt obeabs or be d Pe
rce
pti
on
andt ake sdamage .Al lcreature sint her oom DC15:se
esthet
rigger
mus tmakeas avingt hr ow atI nitiati
vec ount DC22:Noti
cest
het r
apands
eest
het
rigge
r
5ort akedamage .Thi strapi sme antt obe
mor eofar oom f eat urewi thane ncount erand Slei
ghtofHand
soitwoul dbebe s ttohaves omec reatur es DC20:Di sarmsthetrap
accompanyt het rap.Unde adwor kes pe cial
ly Fail
:Theme c
hanis
mf ail
sandthefuelisset
we llast he yar eof tenI mmunet one crot ic ali
ghtcausinga20x20ftexpl
osi
on.Thiscounts
damage .Ifyouwi sht oc hanget hedamage asanatt
ackone verycreat
urewit
hinrange
typede al tbyt het rapc ons iderc hangi ngi t
visual lyt or epresentt hise .
g.f i
re ball
sbounc i
ng
aroundt her oom orde li
cateac idf laskst hat
shatte rtot het ouc h. Gl eami ngGem
(CR2,Magi cal)
Range :Sel
fAttac
k:DC5/10/15Dext
eri
ty TheGl e ami ngGe mi sanor bofvar yingsize
savingthrow (
dis
advant
ageife
ngage
din andc olour ,thoughi toft
e nappe arsfract
allike.
combat ) Itisgene rallyheldat opapi llaroras imil
ar
Hit:1D8/2D8/3D8Ne cr
oti
cdamage highpl acewhe reitcanbes eenf rom mos t
locati
onswi thinther oom.Whe nt r
igge r
edi t
Perce
ption releasesabr ightbur stoflightt hatblindsall
DC15:Se est
hetr
igger thatcans eeit.Thege mt he nr e
qui resaround
DC20:Not ic
est
hes our
cer
une
sands
eest
he tor ec
har gebe foreitcane mi tthel i
ghtagai n.
tr
igger Itcanbebr oke nwi t
haDC20s tr
engt hche ck
orbyus inganat t
ack.IthasanACof18and
ArcanaorSlei
ghtofHand 10Hp.
DC20:Shut sdownt hemagi ccontrol
li
ngthe
orbssotheygentl
yfadebyde s
troyingor Range :60ftAttac
k:DC10/15/20Constit
uti
on
decrypt
ingthemagic alr
unespr ese
ntwi t
hin savingt hr
ow
theroom Hit:blindedford4/d6/d8rounds
,thetarge
tcan
Fail
:Thetrapconti
nue stooperateasnormal repeatthissavi
ngt hr
ow att
heendofeachof
i
tsturns ,endi
ngthee f
fec
tofasuc
cess.

Pe
rce
ption
Dr agonsBr eath DC10:Seest
hegemst
andi
ngat
opanal
ter
.
(CR3,Me chani cal) DC15:Notic
est
hege
m asmagi
cal
Onl yvi si
bleduet othes mal l1c m holei nthe
wal lthesebl asphe mousme chani smshave
spe l
ledde athf ormanyanadve nturer.Theyar e
oft
e nmi s
take nf orthewe ake randmor e
commonf lamej etsbutoppos edt ot hewe ake r
varietyDr agonsBr eathus esmagi call
yal t
ere d
fi
ret hisisins piredbyt hatofadr agon.Whe n
tri
gge redi tunle ashe sagoutoff l
amec overinga
15x5ftar ea.Thet rapc anc ontinuet obeac tivated
unt i
litrunsoutoff ue lwhi cht akes3us es
.
DragonsBr eathc anbepl acedonwal ls,ce
ili
ngs ,
fl
oor s,insides tatuesorhavei t
shol ec overedby
somef orm oft arporf ur.
Magnet icFl oor oppos it
eal i
gnme ntt othems el
ve s,thiswill
(CR1/2,Me chani cal) includee achotheri fnoothe rsuitable
Ther oom hasaf loormadeofs omes ortof creaturec anbefound.
me talandas ofthummi ngs oundc anbe Thet rapc anbedi sablediftheMi rr
or sare
hear dc omi ngf rom be l
ow.Whe nac tivatedall destroyedbe f
orethec opiesares ummone d.
me talobj ec tsge tdr agge dt othegr oundand Ifatanypoi ntal
lthemi r
rorshavebe e n
creatur esmus ts ucceedaDC10//15/20 destroyedt enthedupl icat
e sdisappe ar.
strengths avi ngt hrow ordr opanyme t
al
objectst he yar ehol ding.Ifanyoft he Copies
:Thecopieshavet hes
amestati
sti
cs
creatur esar ewe ari
ngme talarmourandf ail andequipmentasthec r
eatur
esthe
yc opie
d
theirstre ngt hs ave sthe nthe ymus tmoveas buthaveaquart
er/half/twothi
rdsthehit
thoughi ndi ffi
c ultterrainandat t
ac kwi th poi
ntsandhave- 3/-2/-1tot
hei
rAC.
disadvant agewhi leint hee ffect.Cr eatures
we aringhe avyar mourr olltheSt rs avewi t
h Mirr
ors:AC15HP40wit
hwe
akne
sst
o
a-5pe nal ty. bl
udgeoningdamage
.
Thee f
fe ctlas tsford6/d8/d10r oundsunt ilthe
magi c/mac hinepowe ringi tfailsandmus t Per
cepti
on
taked4hour st or ecove r. DC15:Younot
iceyourf
igur
eint
hemi
rror
Thist rapc anbeus edoni tsownbyput ti
ng twi
tchi
ngandc
hanging.
themagne ticsur faceonac eil
ing( caus ing
armour edt arge tstof l
yupt ot her oofandt ake
damagewhe nt heyf all
)ori nc onj unc ti
onwi th
othe r
,nonme talwi eldinge ne mi es..I
t '
salso Mout hofMour ni ng
espe ci
allyus ef
ulasat rapde s
igne dt o (CR2,Magi c
al)
incapac itatebutnotki l
li t
st ar
ge t Themout hofmour ningi sa5f twidec ar ve
d
stonef aceembe dde di nawal lthathasi ts
Perc
epti
on mout hope nasifinas il
ents cream.I nthe
DC10:hearst
hehummingsoundfrom be
low cent reofthemout hi sas mal l1fthol ethat
thef
loor leadst oage m whi c hi sshroude di ndar kness.
DC20:Re c
ogni
sest
hef
loorasmagnet
ic Whe nthePCsac ti
vat et hetriggeri t
unl eashesabal e
fulhowlt hats endsbl ood
rolli
ngf rom theire ars.Thet rapc anonl ybe
activatedatthef ullpowe rthreetime se very
Mi rrorTr ap hourandi fit'
sus eddur i
ngt hisdownt i
mei t
(CRVar iabl e,Magi cal) onl yr e
leasedalow r umbl e,note nought o
Ther oom i sfilledwi ths hardsofmi rr
orsand de aldamageorknoc kc reaturespr one.The
glasst hatwar pr eal i
tyar oundt he m maki nga PCsc annotde act
ivat et hefacebutc ant ryas
mazeofr eflectionanddange r.Whe na us ualtode st
royt het rigge r
.
creatur ee nt erst her oom andatt hes t
artofany
futuret ur nt he ymus tpas saDC15/20/25I nt Range:100ft
;At t
ack:DC10/15/20
savingt hrow orbe comel ostt her oom.I fyou Consti
tuti
ons avingthrow,ifpass
edtheyt
ake
areus ingami ni at ure sthisc anbemar kedt o hal
fdamageandar enotknockedprone
.
thepl aye r
sbynotpr ovidi ngt hee xittothe Hit
:2D10/3D10/4D10Thunde rdamageand
room ( thi swayt he yar ef reetomovet heir wil
lbeknoc kedpr one
mi nisar oundt her oom butdon' tultimately Speci
al:Allnonmagi calgl
assite
mswi t
hin
know t hewayout ).Whe nac re aturepas sesthe 50f
timme diatel
ys hat
ter
savingt hrow orhass pent2t ur nsi nther oom,
whi che ve rc ome sf i
rs t
,adupl ic ateoft he Perc
e pti
on
creatur ei sc reat ed.Thedupl icat elooks DC10:not i
cesthestonefac
eands
eesitas
identicalt ot hec reatur eitc opi edbuthast he si
gnific
anttotheroom.
oppos i
teal i
gnme ntandi sac ons t
ruc t
.Itwi ll DC15:Thef aceappe ar
stobei
mit
ati
nga
imme di atelyat tackt hec reatur e.Donotr oll bansheeshowl
initi
ativef ort hec opi es.The yi nsteadt aket hei
r
turnsj us tbe for et hec reaturet he yc opied.I f
theor igi nalc re atur esal ignme nti sne utralthen
twoc opi esar emade ,onegoodandonee vil.
Thec opi eswi llat tackanyc reat urewi t
h
RuneOfBat tle Per
cept
ion
(CRvar iabl e
,Magi cal) DC15:seesthegapint
hec
eil
ingwhe
ret
he
Ar une2f tindi ame terthatpul sesar edgl ow bl
adewillswingfr
om.
eve ry20s econds .Ther unec ane it
he rbe
car ve dint oas urf aceordr awni nc hal kor Sle
i ghtofHand
bloodmaki ngi tre l
ative lyeas yt oc once al. DC20:Thepe ndulum isbl
ockedandi
snow
Itisac ti
vat edwhe nac re at
urec ome swi thin preve nt
e dfrom swingi
ngdown.
5ftofi tori tist ri
gge redasus ual .Thi sc auses Fail:Thepe ndulum swingsdownandifthe
as udde ne xplos i
onofr e dli
ghts endi ngal l creatureisinthewayi tmusttaket
hesave
cre atur esne xtt ot her unef l
ying10f taway withdi sadvantage
from t her une .inabur stofredl i
ghts endi ng
thec harac tert hatt ouc he ditflying10f taway
from t hee xpl osion.Thec reatur eist hen
knoc ke dunc ons ciousf or1d3r ounds .Whe n
thec reatur ere turnst oc onscious ne ssthe yare
cons ume dwi thr ageandwi l
lat tackany
ne arbyc reatur easi fthe ywe r eane ne my.
Att hee ndofane nrage dc reatur est urni fthey
tookdamagei nthel astr oundofc ombatt hey
canmakeaDC12/15/18Wi s dom s aving
throw e ndi ngt hee ffectonas ucc e
s s.

Per
cept
ion
DC15:Notic
ether
une
,iti
spul
singadi
mre
d
gl
ow.

Arcana
DC20:rec
ogniset
hemarki
ngswit
hint
herune
youknow t
heyarenor
mall
yusedtomake
cre
atur
esgobezer
k.

Scythi ngPendul um
(CR2Me chanical)
Abal lwi t
ht wowi nge dblade ss l
idesdownf r
om
thec eil
ingc r
us hingt hos ewhoar enots pl
iti
n
half.Thepe ndul um i sc ent
re dar ounda1/2/3f t
ballofs teelwi thlar ge1/2/3f tl ongbl adeson
eit
he rs i
de .Whe nr eleasedits wi ngsdownwi th
unbe li
e vables pee d,andc r
eatur esitdoe sn'
tkil
l
mus ts ti
llfacet het askofc rossingi tspathof
death.I fwoul dnotbec onsidere dbadf ormt o
usemor ethanones ynthingpe ndul um against
highe rleve lpar t
ies.

Attack:DC10/15/20de xt
eritysavingthrow
Hit:1d10/2d10/4d10s l
ashingdamagef oll
owed
by1d6/2d6/4d6bl udge oni
ngdamage
Spec i
al:Thetrapc ontinuestos wingal t
houghit
isnow muc hslowe rs onow onl yre qui
resa
DC5/10/15ac robati
csc hecktojumpt hrough.
Ift
he yf ai
ltheyonl ytakehal fthenor maldamage
duet ot hereduceds peed.Thepe ndulum then
picksups peedagainandr eturnstonor mal
aft
e r1r ound.