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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 1398597" data-attributes="member: 2">Interestingly enough, when I used this the group interacted much more with the creatures around than with the space itself. They had been caught horribly off guard because they had teleported in expecting to find an injured enemy; instead, they found an illusion just as the trap triggered. Their primary goal was to get the heck out of there.If I remember correctly they explored about five rooms and got valuable information from the inhabitants. I hadn't put a key into the space, since it was supposed to be a prison and trap.&nbsp; Eventually they (correctly) decided that when the owner came to check on things there must be some way for him to get out, and they learned that one room (A) tended to be the entrance place. They centered their search there, and by careful use of detect magic they discovered an invisible keyhole floating in the exact center of the room. Opening that refolded the hypercube and released them.If they couldn't figure out a solution, I was prepared to fast forward time several months until another prisoner arrived; the players would have to tell me what they had done to change the local balance of power. Luckily, the need never occurred.Sialia's and Abraxas' advice is superb. Nothing sucks more than being stuck in a boring space with no one to interact with, and facing a DM that's so pleased with the trap that it's not still fun. If you use this, make the creatures and space itself (for instance, through permanent illusions or veils in some rooms) exciting, and use the trap as a cool background.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 1398597, member: 2"] Interestingly enough, when I used this the group interacted much more with the creatures around than with the space itself. They had been caught horribly off guard because they had teleported in expecting to find an injured enemy; instead, they found an illusion just as the trap triggered. Their primary goal was to get the heck out of there. If I remember correctly they explored about five rooms and got valuable information from the inhabitants. I hadn't put a key into the space, since it was supposed to be a prison and trap. Eventually they (correctly) decided that when the owner came to check on things there must be some way for him to get out, and they learned that one room (A) tended to be the entrance place. They centered their search there, and by careful use of [i]detect magic[/i] they discovered an invisible keyhole floating in the exact center of the room. Opening that refolded the hypercube and released them. If they couldn't figure out a solution, I was prepared to fast forward time several months until another prisoner arrived; the players would have to tell me what they had done to change the local balance of power. Luckily, the need never occurred. Sialia's and Abraxas' advice is superb. Nothing sucks more than being stuck in a boring space with no one to interact with, and facing a DM that's so pleased with the trap that it's not still fun. If you use this, make the creatures and space itself (for instance, through permanent illusions or veils in some rooms) exciting, and use the trap as a cool background. [/QUOTE]

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