When adventurers come across a trap, you need to know how the trap is triggered and what it does, as well as the possibility for the characters to detect the trap and to disable or avoid it.
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Triggering a Trap
Most traps are triggered when a creature goes somewhere or touches something that the trap's creator wanted to protect. Common …
Detecting and Disabling a Trap
Usually, some element of a trap is visible to careful inspection. Characters might notice an uneven flagstone that conceals a …
Trap Effects
The effects of traps can range from inconvenient to deadly, making use of elements such as arrows, spikes, blades, poison, …
Complex Traps
Complex traps work like standard traps, except once activated they execute a series of actions each round. A complex trap …
Sample Traps
The magical and mechanical traps presented here vary in deadliness and are presented in alphabetical order.