WotBS Anyone need a lift?

[Bill T.]

Can someone please clarify this bit about the lift traps in Castle Korstull? The 3.5 version says, "Each trap is either immediate or lasts three rounds, and then stops for the fourth round as the lift reaches the next level." Does that mean, for example, that the summoned monster disappear the next time the lift pauses? Or is that meant to only apply to the mechanical traps?

Thanks!

 

[RangerWickett]

Do monsters tend to live longer than three rounds?

I don't recall the specific intentions, but I figure the whole flavor is 'survive the gauntlet,' so letting the party wait out the summons if they can stall for three rounds is a neat idea.

 

[Tormyr]

Its a general description. There are instantaneous elements that happen once, and ongoing elements that happen for three rounds. The 4th and 6th floor are the only ones that have elements that run for three rounds, everything else is instantaneous but happens on one of the three rounds.