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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 8285656" data-attributes="member: 50987">My favorite trap was (and still is) a classic Fireball trap.&nbsp; I use it all the time, and it still pays off.Most recently, it took the form of a stone chest, sitting in the middle of a room.&nbsp; Soot and charred bones were scattered all around it, and the lid was slightly ajar...obviously, it was dangerous, and obviously it had been looted.But my players, having heard the phrase &quot;chest in the center of the room,&quot; immediately stopped listening to me.&nbsp; They ignored my careful description of how the chest had already been opened, and how it was surrounded by charred bones and ashes.&nbsp; They all rushed into the room and stood in a circle around the blackened chest as the rogue opened it without so much as a Perception roll.I watched them, dumbfounded.&nbsp; &quot;Seriously?&quot;&nbsp; I asked.&quot;Yes, tell us what we found already!&quot; they said, each in their own words.&quot;Well, the last thing you see before the flames engulf you, is the empty bottom of the chest.&nbsp; It has already been looted.&quot;&nbsp; I paused for a moment.&nbsp; &quot;So I need everyone within 20 feet to roll a Dexterity save...&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 8285656, member: 50987"] My favorite trap was (and still is) a classic Fireball trap. I use it all the time, and it still pays off. Most recently, it took the form of a stone chest, sitting in the middle of a room. Soot and charred bones were scattered all around it, and the lid was slightly ajar...obviously, it was dangerous, and obviously it had been looted. But my players, having heard the phrase "chest in the center of the room," immediately stopped listening to me. They ignored my careful description of how the chest had already been opened, and how it was surrounded by charred bones and ashes. They all rushed into the room and stood in a circle around the blackened chest as the rogue opened it without so much as a Perception roll. I watched them, dumbfounded. "Seriously?" I asked. "Yes, tell us what we found already!" they said, each in their own words. "Well, the last thing you see before the flames engulf you, is the empty bottom of the chest. It has already been looted." I paused for a moment. "So I need everyone within 20 feet to roll a Dexterity save..." [/QUOTE]

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