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<blockquote data-quote="Gladius Legis" data-source="post: 7354996" data-attributes="member: 68748">Caltrops are a 5-foot square. Practically useless unless you do all your adventuring in 5-foot wide corridors. Also not really useful in combat unless everyone's ranged, maybe.Ball bearings are DC 10. lol, next.Hunting traps, at least they're DC 13, but again, limited range and aren't really helpful in combat unless you're trying to run away or your party is all ranged people. It's certainly not the &quot;equivalent of grappling,&quot; as it doesn't reduce speed to 0 and prevent prone enemies from standing up.Oil: Paltry extra fire damage per round. Smoke it if you've got it, but it's hardly a gamechanger.Manacles: Size restricted.Poison: Basic poison is only 1d4 extra damage with DC 10 vs. CON to negate. Terrible. Other poisons are very rare, expensive and often hard to get, and unlike the Assassin, the Thief doesn't get Poisoner's Kit proficiency for free.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gladius Legis, post: 7354996, member: 68748"] Caltrops are a 5-foot square. Practically useless unless you do all your adventuring in 5-foot wide corridors. Also not really useful in combat unless everyone's ranged, maybe. Ball bearings are DC 10. lol, next. Hunting traps, at least they're DC 13, but again, limited range and aren't really helpful in combat unless you're trying to run away or your party is all ranged people. It's certainly not the "equivalent of grappling," as it doesn't reduce speed to 0 and prevent prone enemies from standing up. Oil: Paltry extra fire damage per round. Smoke it if you've got it, but it's hardly a gamechanger. Manacles: Size restricted. Poison: Basic poison is only 1d4 extra damage with DC 10 vs. CON to negate. Terrible. Other poisons are very rare, expensive and often hard to get, and unlike the Assassin, the Thief doesn't get Poisoner's Kit proficiency for free. [/QUOTE]

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