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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TiwazTyrsfist" data-source="post: 7304629" data-attributes="member: 70582">The Clockwork Mousekapult of Gnikademus the Tinkerer.This massive gear work animated construct was made by Gnikademus, a Gnomish tinkerer with an Intelligence of 30, and a Wisdom of 3.  Gnikademus once cured himself of head-lice using a ring of Fire resistance and 3 pounds of Thermite.  He said that having body hair was a chore anyway, and he never liked that laboratory.The Clockwork Mousekapult is the result of someone commissioning him to create a "Humane Live Capture" Trap, to deal with Mice in their dairy farm.  It requires a supply of Milk to work, but will run continuously for a month on a single gallon.  The device is immobile, but low level intelligent (Int 8) and knows it's purpose.  A series of tubes, magic gems, burners, sieves, and presses allows the device to keep the milk cold and fresh, while siphoning off small amounts to magically make cheese.  It keeps a constant supply of fresh cheese to bait the trap arm.  The cheese itself is enchanted to be especially delicious, smell especially good, and be highly attractive to any rodent or halfling (that was an accident but Gnickademus felt it was more a feature than a bug) within 100'.  They must make a will save DC 40 to resist eating the cheese.The cheese is placed automatically on the "Trap Arm", which is a self re-cocking catapult.  When a mouse, rat, hampster, or other rodent (or Halfling) starts to eat the cheese, the catapult arm fires them into the distance.  Fine creatures are thrown in a parabolic arc over 6000 feet.  Tiny Creatures fly 1000 feet.  Small creatures fly 200 feet.  This would result in a great deal of damage when the subject hit the ground, but since it is a "Humane Live" trap, it also bestows Feather Fall on the victim.  Medium and larger creatures that trigger the trap fly half as far for each size category larger they are (med 100, lrg 50, etc).The trap is ONLY triggered by Rodents (and Halflings).  Any other creature can eat the cheese with no ill effect nor triggering the trap, though it will trigger even if a non-target is standing on the arm if a legal target triggers it. (i.e. If a human is standing on the launch arm and a mouse sets it off, the human goes flying with the mouse, though not as far.)Next Item: A wooden tea caddy holding an assortment of instant tea bags.</blockquote>

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