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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8284093" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>Heh - any trap that involves one of those critters is fine by me! I love those things! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>That said, it's a nasty trap. Grimtooth would be proud. Further notes under the spoily tag...</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER]</p><p>If a party was cautious enough to look carefully down the pit I'd give them a chance to notice something odd about the perspective (due to light distorting through the 'Cube; I wouldn't make it invisible per se but it wouldn't have any half-digested bits floating in it); and if they were cautious enough to sniff carefully I'd give them a decent chance of noticing an odd smell (either from the chemicals on the rope or from the 'Cube itself) Never mind the odds are extremely high that anyone jumping out to the rope to use it as a means of getting down into the pit will notice the chemicals.</p><p></p><p>That the pit is only 10' deep, meaning the 'Cube fills the whole thing, makes the trap fair; once the 'Cube is discovered it's defenseless, and the party can just chop it up with melee weapons while fairly easily retrieving anyone who it paralyzed. If the pit was, say, 30' deep it'd be different; their only means of defeating the 'Cube would be either missile fire or burning fire, never mind how much harder it'd be to retrieve anyone who got paralyzed down there while going for the treasure.</p><p>[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8284093, member: 29398"] Heh - any trap that involves one of those critters is fine by me! I love those things! :) That said, it's a nasty trap. Grimtooth would be proud. Further notes under the spoily tag... [SPOILER] If a party was cautious enough to look carefully down the pit I'd give them a chance to notice something odd about the perspective (due to light distorting through the 'Cube; I wouldn't make it invisible per se but it wouldn't have any half-digested bits floating in it); and if they were cautious enough to sniff carefully I'd give them a decent chance of noticing an odd smell (either from the chemicals on the rope or from the 'Cube itself) Never mind the odds are extremely high that anyone jumping out to the rope to use it as a means of getting down into the pit will notice the chemicals. That the pit is only 10' deep, meaning the 'Cube fills the whole thing, makes the trap fair; once the 'Cube is discovered it's defenseless, and the party can just chop it up with melee weapons while fairly easily retrieving anyone who it paralyzed. If the pit was, say, 30' deep it'd be different; their only means of defeating the 'Cube would be either missile fire or burning fire, never mind how much harder it'd be to retrieve anyone who got paralyzed down there while going for the treasure. [/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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