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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 4341676" data-attributes="member: 807">Part of it depends on how much time they have to construct the traps (which depends on how quickly the PCs lick their wounds and come back) and what sort and level of resources (man power/magic) this Irontooth guy has ...But, having said that, I'm making the assumption that he won't have _that_ much time (so no fields full of pit traps and the like) and mostly man power (as opposed to magic) ...On the path to the lair, for some reason, when you said wooded area, I immediately thought of some sort of swing trap -- either a blade swinging down from the trees as they cross through the path or just a large log (or set of logs) to bash them as they walk through. -- those would be quick and easy to set up with little man power and limited time.I also like pit traps and tanglefoot bag traps.  However, if irontooth isn't going to still be there, then slowing down the party does nothing for him (not like he is going to be trying to escape since he is already gone) so that leaves traps that will injure with the hopes that enough will kill the PCs.BUT, if you did go the "slow down" the PCs route (pits, bear traps, etc) then maybe irontooth left some nasty creature tied up near by that is let loose on the slowed/immobilized PC/PCs.As for in the lair itself, any possibility of some sort of gate/wall dropping after they enter, effectivly closing them in?  If so, having a creature in there or have the place start flooding...I know some of this is a little weak but just some random ideas that may spark a better idea. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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