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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel D. Fox" data-source="post: 4456720" data-attributes="member: 55033"><p><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Read it and weap!</span></span></p><p> <span style="color: white"></span></p><p> <span style="color: white"></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white"><strong>Stirge-trapped Chest Level 12 Lurker</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white"><strong></strong>Trap XP 700 </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white"><em>An ironbound chest sits across the way, ripe for the plundering! </em></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white"><em></em>Trap: 1 square chest</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">Perception </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">✦ DC 23: The character notices a faint thumping and buzzing   </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">coming from inside the chest. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">Trigger </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">The trap attacks when a creature opens the chest. Attack Immediate Reaction Melee Target: The creature that triggered the trap. Attack: +15 vs. AC, burst 1</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">Hit: 2d6 + 4 damage, and ongoing 5 damage (save ends).   </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">Miss: Target is pushed back 2 squares, away from the chest. Effect: The chest opens, revealing a swarm of stirges. They disappate into the air, flying away. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">Countermeasures </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">✦ An adjacent character can bash the trap and slay the stirge swarm inside with a DC 23 Endurance check (standard action)  </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">✦ An adjacent character can disable the trap with a DC 21 Thievery check (standard action). The chest is locked, and unable to be opened unless it's bashed open</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">Upgrade to Elite (700 XP)</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">Increase the Endurance and Thievery DCs by 2. The stirge swarm does not disappate and continues to attack as a normal monster encounter (PHB pg 248).</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">    </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: white"></span></p><p> <span style="color: white"></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white">note - the miss 2 squares was used in order to prevent the free basic attack stirge swarms get in the case where the trap has been upgraded to Elite.   </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white"><span style="font-family: 'MentorSansStd-Black'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: white"></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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