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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 8284870" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya!</p><p></p><p>Totally fair. And would never work with my group. Here's how it would play out...</p><p></p><p>DM: "You see [description]"</p><p>Players: "Trap. We all step to the side. Bearkiller, toss a torch into that pit"</p><p>DM: "It lands on...something, about a foot down from the lip of the pit. The torch is...moving around, kinda 'floating'"</p><p>Players: "Ha! Gelatinous Cube in a pit. Classic! I hold the door mostly closed, maybe two inches open. Then the thief will hold a mirror up so the wizard can see the rope. Wizard, do your thing..."</p><p>Player (Wizard): "I cast my Flame cantrip at the rope, using the mirror to see the target, but standing fully away from the opening in the doorway".</p><p>DM: "Ok. SIZZLE! SNAP! SPLAT!"</p><p>Player: "Problem solved...next!"</p><p></p><p>Seriously, this trap is SUPER obvious. So yeah, it's totally fair as no group with any sort of intelligence about them would fall for it. Absolute worse case would be "Huh? I don't like the look of that room...probably a trap. We close the door and keep going down the hallway...". Either that or everyone waits outside, the Barbarian Rages, walks in alone and slices the rope in half...takes the damage, then gets healing from the Cleric. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>PS: The trap creator is being nice; if he was REALLY trying to kill interlopers, he'd have made the rope invisible as well, and probably put an illusion of the stone floor over the pit. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 8284870, member: 45197"] Hiya! Totally fair. And would never work with my group. Here's how it would play out... DM: "You see [description]" Players: "Trap. We all step to the side. Bearkiller, toss a torch into that pit" DM: "It lands on...something, about a foot down from the lip of the pit. The torch is...moving around, kinda 'floating'" Players: "Ha! Gelatinous Cube in a pit. Classic! I hold the door mostly closed, maybe two inches open. Then the thief will hold a mirror up so the wizard can see the rope. Wizard, do your thing..." Player (Wizard): "I cast my Flame cantrip at the rope, using the mirror to see the target, but standing fully away from the opening in the doorway". DM: "Ok. SIZZLE! SNAP! SPLAT!" Player: "Problem solved...next!" Seriously, this trap is SUPER obvious. So yeah, it's totally fair as no group with any sort of intelligence about them would fall for it. Absolute worse case would be "Huh? I don't like the look of that room...probably a trap. We close the door and keep going down the hallway...". Either that or everyone waits outside, the Barbarian Rages, walks in alone and slices the rope in half...takes the damage, then gets healing from the Cleric. ;) PS: The trap creator is being nice; if he was REALLY trying to kill interlopers, he'd have made the rope invisible as well, and probably put an illusion of the stone floor over the pit. ;) ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]
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