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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 3038197" data-attributes="member: 20239">You're assuming the creatures populating the dungeon at the time the PCs entered and took the MacGuffin were the ones that placed the trap.  It is entirely possible that the trap was constructed long ago by other inhabitants of the dungeon and that the very reason the trap is located in an out-of-the-way, unused portion of the dungeon is because the current inhabitants know about the trap, do not know how to defeat it, haven't figured out a way to open the secret door without turning to dust and simply avoid that area because it is very dangerous.  This is also a very, very good reason not to assume that because the rest of the dungeon is level appropriate this one particular area must be also.In fact, I would argue that since the MacGuffin WAS NOT kept behind this very effective, very expensive trapped area that the current inhabitants (owners of said MacGuffin) were in exactly the position I describe.  If they created the trap they should have been using this area.  The fact that the area is unused and the important objects were on the PC's side of the secret door indicates the current occupants were leaving this area alone.  This is yet another reason for the PCs to be suspicious.</blockquote>