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<blockquote data-quote="thegreyman" data-source="post: 4021528" data-attributes="member: 30303"><p>There are several sections to this thread, so I'll try to separate them as I can.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Portable Trap Crafting</span></span></p><p>Adventurers are always encountering traps when exploring ruins and other places where indiscriminate protection is required. However when sleeping, adventurers are just as vulnerable as anyone else to an attack. To prevent this, adventurers should have the means to protect themselves from wandering critters. Thus, the portable trap.</p><p></p><p>According to the SRD, traps are built into features in walls and floors giving amble room for the workings of a trap. However, a portable trap needs some kind of case to prevent the workings from being damaged during rough handling and transit. Also, there are no modifiers to cost and CR for a trap being portable in the SRD. Obviously, a trap that can be moved is of much greater value than another which is stationary.</p><p></p><p><u>Rules additions</u> </p><p>Add to the CR table "Portable Trap: + 1 CR" (This will modify the price of the trap in the formula "(base price X CR) + extras" effectively doubling price.)</p><p></p><p>The final Market Price is used to determine Craft points used. </p><p></p><p>All Portable Traps require a set up time before they can be used. This time is 1 minute per CR, and requires a Craft (trapmaking) DC (10 + CR). If the Craft check fails by 5 or more, the trap triggers on the user. If the Craft check fail by 4 or less, the user fails to set it up and must retry.</p><p></p><p>To rearm a trap with the manual reset description takes only 1 minute, and requires no roll (per the SRD).</p><p></p><p>Portable Traps may not have the following descriptors:</p><p> Never Miss</p><p> Pit Trap </p><p></p><p>Portable traps have a base weight of 5 lbs </p><p>Modifiers to weight:</p><p> Per 2 points Attack bonus over 10: + 1 lb</p><p> Per 1 point Strength bonus: + 1 lb</p><p> Each weapon in Trap: + weapon's weight (minimum 1/2 lb)</p><p></p><p>Examples of portable existing traps:</p><p>Portable Fullisade of Darts; CR 2, mechanical, location trigger, manual reset, Attack +10 ranged (1d4+1, dart), multiple targets (fires 1d4 darts at each target in 2 adjacent 5-foot squares), Search DC 14, Disable Device 20, Weight 10 lbs, Market Price 1000 gp (100 Craft)</p><p></p><p>CR 2 = 0 (Base) - 1 (Search (DC 14)) + 1 (Multiple Targets) + 1 (Average Damage 8.75)+ 1 (Portable)</p><p>Weight 10 lbs = 5 (Base) + 1 (+1 Strength) + 4 (8 darts (1/2 lb each) maximum fired)</p><p>Market Price 1000 gp = [1000 (Base) - 600 (Search (DC 14)) + 100 (+1 Strength)] * 2 (CR)</p><p></p><p>Portable Wall Blade Trap: CR 2; mechanical; touch trigger; automatic reset; hidden switch bypass (Search DC 25); Atk +10 melee (2d4/x4, scythe); Search DC 22; Disable Device DC 22. Market Price: 5000 gp (500 Craft)</p><p></p><p>CR 2 = 0 (Base) + 1 (Average Damage 5) + 1 (Portable)</p><p>Weight 15 lbs = 5 (Base) + 10 (Scythe weight)</p><p>Market Price 5000 gp = [1000 (Base) + 500 (Automatic Reset) + 200 (Hidden switch) + 400 (Search (DC 22)) + 400 (Disable(DC 22))] * 2 (CR)</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Feat: Extra Dimensional Trap Crafting</span></span></p><p>You have learned to master extra dimensional spaces enough to place them into traps. Your traps are less bulky as a result.</p><p></p><p>Prerequisites: Ability to cast Secret chest</p><p>Benefit: Mechanical Traps you create only weigh 1 lb. This adds 500 gp to the base price of the trap.</p><p>Note: These traps will react with a bag of holding or handy haversack.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Spell: Lily's Instant Pit</span></span></p><p>Conjuration (Summoning)</p><p>Level: Sor/Wiz 2</p><p>Components: V, S, F</p><p>Casting Time: 10 minutes or 1 standard action; see below</p><p>Range: Touch or Close (25 ft + 5 ft / 2 levels); see below</p><p>Effect: 10' by 10' area</p><p>Duration: 2 hours / level or 1 round / level; see below</p><p>Saving Throw: Reflex negates</p><p>Spell Resistance: No</p><p>This spell has two different modes depending on the casting time.</p><p></p><p>Non Combat: This version creates a pit adjacent to the caster. The casting time is 10 minutes, and has a duration of 2 hours per caster level. The pit is 10' by 10' and is 10' deep per 2 caster levels. Due to the rough walls and corner bracing, a DC 10 Climb check is required to leave the pit. If the caster wishes to conceal the pit, he may make a Craft (Trapmaking) check, with the result the Spot DC to notice the pit. The pit is extra dimensional in nature, so cannot be used to move between two floors.</p><p></p><p>Combat:This version creates a pit close to the caster. The casting time is 1 standard action, and has a duration of 1 round per caster level. The pit is 10' by 10' and is 10' deep per 4 caster levels. If cast under a creature, it receives a Reflex save to avoid the pit, moving to the closest available space. Due to the rough walls and corner bracing, a DC 10 Climb check is required to leave the pit. The pit is extra dimensional in nature, so cannot be used to move between two floors.</p><p></p><p>Any creature in the pit when the duration ends is placed prone in the square it occupied as the pit ejects them while closing.</p><p></p><p>Focus: A small silver shovel costing at least 50 gp.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Spell: Lily's Instant Spiked Pit</span></span></p><p>Conjuration (Summoning)</p><p>Level: Sor/Wiz 3</p><p>Components: V, S, M, F</p><p>Casting Time: 10 minutes or 1 standard action; see below</p><p>Range: Touch or Close (25 ft + 5 ft / 2 levels); see below</p><p>Effect: 10' by 10' area</p><p>Duration: 2 hours / level or 1 round / level; see below</p><p>Saving Throw: Reflex negates</p><p>Spell Resistance: No</p><p>This spell has two different modes depending on the casting time.</p><p></p><p>Non Combat: This version creates a spiked pit adjacent to the caster. The casting time is 10 minutes, and has a duration of 2 hours per caster level. The pit is 10' by 10' and is 10' deep per 2 caster levels. In addition to the falling damage, any creature is attacked by 1d4 spikes with an attack bonus equal to the caster level and damage of 1d4 + 1 / 2 caster levels (max 5 at CL 10). Due to the rough walls and corner bracing, a DC 10 Climb check is required to leave the pit. If the caster wishes to conceal the pit, he may make a Craft (Trapmaking) check, with the result the Spot DC to notice the pit. The pit is extra dimensional in nature, so cannot be used to move between two floors.</p><p></p><p>Combat:This version creates a pit close to the caster. The casting time is 1 standard action, and has a duration of 1 round per caster level. The pit is 10' by 10' and is 10' deep per 4 caster levels. In addition to the falling damage, any creature is attacked by 1d4 spikes with an attack bonus equal to the caster level and damage of 1d4 + 1 / 2 caster levels (max 5 at CL 10). If cast under a creature, it receives a Reflex save to avoid the pit, moving to the closest available space. Due to the rough walls and corner bracing, a DC 10 Climb check is required to leave the pit. The pit is extra dimensional in nature, so cannot be used to move between two floors. </p><p></p><p>Any creature in the pit when the duration ends is placed prone in the square it occupied as the pit ejects them while closing.</p><p></p><p>Material Component: A nail.</p><p>Focus: A small gold shovel costing at least 100 gp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thegreyman, post: 4021528, member: 30303"] There are several sections to this thread, so I'll try to separate them as I can. [COLOR=Red][SIZE=3]Portable Trap Crafting[/SIZE][/COLOR] Adventurers are always encountering traps when exploring ruins and other places where indiscriminate protection is required. However when sleeping, adventurers are just as vulnerable as anyone else to an attack. To prevent this, adventurers should have the means to protect themselves from wandering critters. Thus, the portable trap. According to the SRD, traps are built into features in walls and floors giving amble room for the workings of a trap. However, a portable trap needs some kind of case to prevent the workings from being damaged during rough handling and transit. Also, there are no modifiers to cost and CR for a trap being portable in the SRD. Obviously, a trap that can be moved is of much greater value than another which is stationary. [U]Rules additions[/U] Add to the CR table "Portable Trap: + 1 CR" (This will modify the price of the trap in the formula "(base price X CR) + extras" effectively doubling price.) The final Market Price is used to determine Craft points used. All Portable Traps require a set up time before they can be used. This time is 1 minute per CR, and requires a Craft (trapmaking) DC (10 + CR). If the Craft check fails by 5 or more, the trap triggers on the user. If the Craft check fail by 4 or less, the user fails to set it up and must retry. To rearm a trap with the manual reset description takes only 1 minute, and requires no roll (per the SRD). Portable Traps may not have the following descriptors: Never Miss Pit Trap Portable traps have a base weight of 5 lbs Modifiers to weight: Per 2 points Attack bonus over 10: + 1 lb Per 1 point Strength bonus: + 1 lb Each weapon in Trap: + weapon's weight (minimum 1/2 lb) Examples of portable existing traps: Portable Fullisade of Darts; CR 2, mechanical, location trigger, manual reset, Attack +10 ranged (1d4+1, dart), multiple targets (fires 1d4 darts at each target in 2 adjacent 5-foot squares), Search DC 14, Disable Device 20, Weight 10 lbs, Market Price 1000 gp (100 Craft) CR 2 = 0 (Base) - 1 (Search (DC 14)) + 1 (Multiple Targets) + 1 (Average Damage 8.75)+ 1 (Portable) Weight 10 lbs = 5 (Base) + 1 (+1 Strength) + 4 (8 darts (1/2 lb each) maximum fired) Market Price 1000 gp = [1000 (Base) - 600 (Search (DC 14)) + 100 (+1 Strength)] * 2 (CR) Portable Wall Blade Trap: CR 2; mechanical; touch trigger; automatic reset; hidden switch bypass (Search DC 25); Atk +10 melee (2d4/x4, scythe); Search DC 22; Disable Device DC 22. Market Price: 5000 gp (500 Craft) CR 2 = 0 (Base) + 1 (Average Damage 5) + 1 (Portable) Weight 15 lbs = 5 (Base) + 10 (Scythe weight) Market Price 5000 gp = [1000 (Base) + 500 (Automatic Reset) + 200 (Hidden switch) + 400 (Search (DC 22)) + 400 (Disable(DC 22))] * 2 (CR) [COLOR=Red][SIZE=3]Feat: Extra Dimensional Trap Crafting[/SIZE][/COLOR] You have learned to master extra dimensional spaces enough to place them into traps. Your traps are less bulky as a result. Prerequisites: Ability to cast Secret chest Benefit: Mechanical Traps you create only weigh 1 lb. This adds 500 gp to the base price of the trap. Note: These traps will react with a bag of holding or handy haversack. [COLOR=Red][SIZE=3]Spell: Lily's Instant Pit[/SIZE][/COLOR] Conjuration (Summoning) Level: Sor/Wiz 2 Components: V, S, F Casting Time: 10 minutes or 1 standard action; see below Range: Touch or Close (25 ft + 5 ft / 2 levels); see below Effect: 10' by 10' area Duration: 2 hours / level or 1 round / level; see below Saving Throw: Reflex negates Spell Resistance: No This spell has two different modes depending on the casting time. Non Combat: This version creates a pit adjacent to the caster. The casting time is 10 minutes, and has a duration of 2 hours per caster level. The pit is 10' by 10' and is 10' deep per 2 caster levels. Due to the rough walls and corner bracing, a DC 10 Climb check is required to leave the pit. If the caster wishes to conceal the pit, he may make a Craft (Trapmaking) check, with the result the Spot DC to notice the pit. The pit is extra dimensional in nature, so cannot be used to move between two floors. Combat:This version creates a pit close to the caster. The casting time is 1 standard action, and has a duration of 1 round per caster level. The pit is 10' by 10' and is 10' deep per 4 caster levels. If cast under a creature, it receives a Reflex save to avoid the pit, moving to the closest available space. Due to the rough walls and corner bracing, a DC 10 Climb check is required to leave the pit. The pit is extra dimensional in nature, so cannot be used to move between two floors. Any creature in the pit when the duration ends is placed prone in the square it occupied as the pit ejects them while closing. Focus: A small silver shovel costing at least 50 gp. [COLOR=Red][SIZE=3]Spell: Lily's Instant Spiked Pit[/SIZE][/COLOR] Conjuration (Summoning) Level: Sor/Wiz 3 Components: V, S, M, F Casting Time: 10 minutes or 1 standard action; see below Range: Touch or Close (25 ft + 5 ft / 2 levels); see below Effect: 10' by 10' area Duration: 2 hours / level or 1 round / level; see below Saving Throw: Reflex negates Spell Resistance: No This spell has two different modes depending on the casting time. Non Combat: This version creates a spiked pit adjacent to the caster. The casting time is 10 minutes, and has a duration of 2 hours per caster level. The pit is 10' by 10' and is 10' deep per 2 caster levels. In addition to the falling damage, any creature is attacked by 1d4 spikes with an attack bonus equal to the caster level and damage of 1d4 + 1 / 2 caster levels (max 5 at CL 10). Due to the rough walls and corner bracing, a DC 10 Climb check is required to leave the pit. If the caster wishes to conceal the pit, he may make a Craft (Trapmaking) check, with the result the Spot DC to notice the pit. The pit is extra dimensional in nature, so cannot be used to move between two floors. Combat:This version creates a pit close to the caster. The casting time is 1 standard action, and has a duration of 1 round per caster level. The pit is 10' by 10' and is 10' deep per 4 caster levels. In addition to the falling damage, any creature is attacked by 1d4 spikes with an attack bonus equal to the caster level and damage of 1d4 + 1 / 2 caster levels (max 5 at CL 10). If cast under a creature, it receives a Reflex save to avoid the pit, moving to the closest available space. Due to the rough walls and corner bracing, a DC 10 Climb check is required to leave the pit. The pit is extra dimensional in nature, so cannot be used to move between two floors. Any creature in the pit when the duration ends is placed prone in the square it occupied as the pit ejects them while closing. Material Component: A nail. Focus: A small gold shovel costing at least 100 gp. [/QUOTE]
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