5e Traps
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Traps
| Trap | Summary |
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| Acid Sprayer | A pressure plate that sprays a liquid. |
| Arc Axe | An axe that is hidden around a corner, it swings upon the activation of a pressure plate. |
| Arcane Bolt Tower | Hurls wave after wave of arcane projectiles at targets it can see. |
| Atlas Ceiling | A shield that one must carry to safely traverse a hazardous room. |
| Bloody Handprints (Haunt) | Bloody handprints slowly appear on a surface, one by one. Are they leading you...and if they are, do you really want to find out...? |
| Burning Box | Flame throwing room. The classic. |
| Chaos Crystal | A gemstone which emits a chaotic magical aura. |
| Chest of Reflection | A fortified chest that reflects damage. |
| Cold Spot (Haunt) | The temperature suddenly plummets below freezing. You can see cold from your breath. The area around you begins to ice over. It feels as if something, or someone...is watching you. |
| Confusing Room | An empty room with strange, ever changing effects. |
| Cuban Water Trap | A dam which breaks when a trigger is tripped. |
| Demiplanar Arena | Ensnares creatures in an arena that can only be escaped by combat. |
| Devilish Doors | Ooohhhh do you have any bones good sir? |
| Door of the Weak | A door that is harder to open for the strong. |
| Egyptian Mummy | Ancient Egyptian magic meets hallways and doors to kill any trespassers. |
| Falling Cross Shaped Rock | SHIIIIIZZAAAAAAAA! |
| False Wire Dart Trap | A simple yet highly effective dart trap with a hidden second wire. |
| Fingerprick Cloning | Pricks you finger, sends your DNA to a mad scientist who clones you and you need to fight yourself. |
| Flashbang | A trap that by using magic to create intensive light, blinds creatures temporarily and stuns them psychologically |
| Freezeflame Fog | A fog that is simultaneously scorching hot and freezing cold. |
| Gate of Stature | A gate which changes the size of those that can fit through it. |
| Ghoul corridor | |
| Golden Poison Frog Trap | Aw, look, a cute little fro- AHH!! |
| Grimoire of the Occult | A dark tome which maddens & enslaves those who read it. |
| Growing and Shrinking Door | It is just too little. |
| Harmful Antimeme | An unknown piece of writing that causes damage and disadvantages to those who view it. |
| Identity Crisis Fume | A magical mist that causes a temporary illusion concerning self. |
| Infinite Staircase | The stairway to nowhere. |
| Infinite Tunnel | Wasn’t I just barely there? |
| Leechrune | A magical rune that poisons a spellcaster's connections to The Weave. |
| Lexicanum Botanica | Magic Book that turns nearby creatures into shrubs. |
| Long Hallway | A long hallway, where those who walk get so bored they forget what they are doing and walk back. |
| Magnetic Floor | A trap that pins opponents and their weapons to the ground. |
| Memetic Mind Hazard | |
| Mixed Nuts | |
| Obelisk of many things | A pillar taken from the realm of endor. All inspired by the tower of sauron. |
| Painless Death | A trap that deals damage slowly and painlessly. |
| Pit of Hunger | A trapdoor leading to a pit of mechanical teeth with an artificial stomach |
| Punji Spike Pit | A covered hole with spikes. |
| Roguesbane | A fake trap with a trapdoor by the disarming mechanism. |
| Rune of Animation | A trap that makes the room practically come alive. |
| Rust Chamber | A trap that rusts openly carried metal. |
| Shadowed Ice Rune | A shadow that freezes all in its grasp. |
| Shrinking Cloud | A cloud of gas that causes those caught within it to shrink. |
| Slamming Pillars | Pillars designed to crush those that step on them against the ceiling. |
| Slime Floor | A magical floor made of a slime that looks like the surrounding floor. |
| Stasis Snare | A trap that causes paralysis. |
| Statue of Thought | A statue that will fire a beam of energy at anything nearby until it solves a puzzle. |
| Stone Trap | a magic trap that turns people to stone |
| Stones of Betrayal | Enchanted Stones that cause rampant paranoia in whoever touches them. |
| Swinging Log | A log rigged to swing, impacting anything in its path. |
| The Floor is Lava | Sand that turns to lava when stepped on. |
| The Iron Juggernaut | A Juggernaut of magically infused iron, meant to crush & pulverize |
| Toppling Door | A massive gate that falls forward onto unsuspecting adventurers rather than opening conventionally. |
| Trap Bowl | A bowl with coins, and a liquid that dissolves flesh. |
| Trapped Trap Door | <Yup. A trapped trap door. Mmm hmm. |
| Trip Wire | Trip Wire on trail |
| Trophey Room | A room filled with a strange assortment of magically animate, stuffed and mounted animals of all shapes, sizes, breeds and planer origins. |
| Tumble Room Trap | A room rigged to roll in a fixed direction. |
| Wind Tunnel | A hallway that can be blasted with wind, flinging players backward and potentially into hazards or other traps.
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