Thursday, July 19, 2012

36 Trap Effects

Barbara Steele, trapped in The Pit
and the Pendulum
, 1961
To go along with Wednesday's 36 trap triggers--36 trap effects.
  1. Drop
    1. Into pit
    2. To lower level
    3. Into fire
    4. Into water
    5. Into monster lair
    6. Onto spikes
  2. Entrap
    1. Portcullis, stone block, or lock seals door
    2. Cage falls around character
    3. Adhesive
    4. Wall of force
    5. Ring of flame
    6. Net or snare
  3. Sharp Objects
    1. Bolts or darts
    2. Spears or spikes
    3. Scythe
    4. Needle
    5. Teeth/biting object
    6. Enchanted weapon
  4. Crush
    1. Block falls from ceiling or ceiling descends
    2. Rolling boulder
    3. Walls close in, wall or columns collapse
    4. Sand or gravel buries characters
    5. Spring in floor launches character upward
    6. Grinding gears
  5. Blast
    1. Fire
    2. Lightning
    3. Poison gas
    4. Flood of water, acid, ooze, or slime
    5. Blinding light
    6. Polymorph or antimagic ray
  6. Other
    1. Paralysis or petrification ray
    2. Vermin or snakes
    3. Trapped animal released
    4. Summoned creature or entity
    5. Animated object
    6. Teleport


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