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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silverblade The Ench" data-source="post: 4680018" data-attributes="member: 19083">jdrakeh,oh I agree totlaly that traps *must make sense*!I alway shave it so the inhabitants can bypass it somehow.simple:hobgoblins lair, cavenr entrance.it has a huge spiked pit trap the width of the cavern.A bridge partially crosses this...but Continual Darkness globes block out what the bridge leads to...So, if the pit is say 40' across, the bridge only goes in about 10', then a series of small islands and bridges lead off...some are trapped. The hobgoblins know the route across in the darkness.Alarms will sound from traps, and hobgolins will fire ballistae across the darkness hoping to "sweep" any intruders.another:necromancer's tower. Inside is a vast open area with many archers, skeletal fire giant lava hurlers, traps etc. he bypass it all by merely levitating UP through the illusionary floor/ceiling 50' above his head! Simple, logical, but devastatingly effective. Muhaha!too many DM's forget that no perosn in their right mind is gonna booby trap a thing they use frequently with a DEADLY trap, as the risks of them setting it off accidentaly are too damn high! Would you put a claymore mine in your bedroom door?!Exception would be magical traps, but even then, you are best using deadly traps in "false paths", like a route the inhabitants know not to use.Or traps that require them to be activated by someone as a safety.</blockquote>