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Traps and the like

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 12:00:00 No.14782992 View View Reply Original Report

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I'm starting a 3.5 D&D campaign, lot of power gamers. They start at Level 9. Thinking of being an evil DM. Any suggestions on how to prevent them from getting to Level 10 using traps and trapped weapons?

Mr.DM

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 12:04:00 No.14783005 Report

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bump for sweet justice

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:06:00 No.14783021 Report

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GMPCs, Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies. Save or Suck spells cast by higher-level casters. Rust monsters that also disenchant weapons.

Mr.DM

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 12:12:00 No.14783061 Report

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Those sound a little too quick. Except the rust monsters, I like that. It's a dungeon crawl, too. So lots of opportunities for creative traps. I don't want to kill em outright. I want to wound them enough so that they can't survive the BBEG. I prefer slow and painful deaths.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:12:00 No.14783063 Report

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Quickly, if they're power gamers they MUST have a dump stat or two. What are they?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:15:00 No.14783075 Report

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>I want to wound them enough so that they can't survive the BBEG.
Wow, this sounds like the antithesis of fun.

Mr.DM

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 12:18:00 No.14783095 Report

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Don't know yet. One of them is thinking caster, one is thinking cleric/necromancer, one is thinking monk, and one is undecided. They're building the characters for next Sunday night. And I'm letting them role their stats if they want to, and I'm looking at all possible poisons for they're best stats.

Mr.DM

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 12:20:00 No.14783105 Report

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>>14783075
They're power gamers to the extreme. I'm not even sure if I CAN wound them enough to not survive...that's why I come to you guys.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:21:00 No.14783109 Report

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Tomb of Horrors is designed for 9th level characters

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/oa/20051031a

Just mix up a few things for those who are familiar and you should be good to go

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:23:00 No.14783120 Report

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>Traps and the like
>Click for delicious traps
>Remember I'm on /tg/
>Damnit

Mr.DM

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 12:25:00 No.14783146 Report

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>>14783120
Hey Dan, that you? lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:26:00 No.14783152 Report

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Murderholes in the ceiling, poisons everywhere. Weight-activated pressure plates. Abuse the holes they have in their party. Have an NPC cleric turn the Necromancer's minions. Use the advantage of numbers. Open areas mean the PC's can't bottleneck all the hobgoblins or whatever. And don't forget that you can have a bruiser of an enemy Kool-Aid man through a wall behind them.

Mr.DM

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 12:29:00 No.14783179 Report

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>>14783152
Loving the Kool Aid Man. Never thought of that, and I played Gears.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:30:00 No.14783184 Report

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Does 3.5 have Cranium Rats? That's what I use whenever my players get uppity.

Mr.DM

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 12:34:00 No.14783205 Report

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>>14783109
Taking a browse right now through it. Everyone feel free to add anything else to topic. trapped weapons would be fun as well. I'll be back in a few minutes. 10 at the most.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:38:00 No.14783227 Report

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cursed weapons are king. Make it have good stats otherwise, then do the ol' bait and switch.

"Oh cool, an intelligent sword with lots of special abilities!"
>Ten minutes later
"An 'ego score'? What do you mean my vorpal broadsword scored a 20 against me??"

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:38:00 No.14783229 Report

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>>14783095
A powergamer thinking about monk, I'm not sure I can believe that. But on the helpful side don't try to beat them by throwing bigger monsters at them, then it just becomes a contest of who burns the other down first beat them by being clever. Many powergamers only think in terms of beatsticking the opponent through superior stats don't let that be a way to win, use odd terrain, proper military tactics on the enemies part, illusions, Arrow demons using dimension door to get to another vantage point when they're getting pressured, don't give them too much in straight up fight always have the enemies with tricks up their sleeves.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:39:00 No.14783235 Report

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>>14783184
If you're using fatigue/stamina/hunger rules, OP, this could be fun.

"WHO - TOOK - OUR - CHEEEEEEESE?" *insert 200-rat hive mind with 25 int/cha and 50% spell resistance*

Mr.DM

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 12:46:00 No.14783277 Report

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>>14783227
I am down for cursed weapons. Need to look into those.
>>14783229
He enjoyed using a grapple monk. His character last campaign took down a large undead Etin by clinging to it like a spider-monkey. Planned on military tactics and the like. Was thinking of using Super steroid Kobolds, too.
>>14783235
Sounds like it could be good.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:51:00 No.14783303 Report

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>>14783277

If you are looking for traps, go search for Grimtooth's Traps. Take note though, a lot of his traps are outright merciless. My favorite being the Pitfall Trap with an invisible Wall of Force on the side you have to jump across.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:55:00 No.14783326 Report

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Bear trap
>Group is walking down a path
>Someone trips a line
>They look everywhere, expecting something to come at them
>Rumbling from above
>Ceiling opens up slightly
>Rumbling turns to growling
>Bears fall from the ceiling into the room.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 12:57:00 No.14783337 Report

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>>14783146

No but apparently this Dan fellow and I think alike

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:09:00 No.14783441 Report

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"Hey guys, check out this glowing bow!"
Sweet... let's shoot one off to see what it does...
**TWANG** **AAUUUGGGHHH!!**

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Mr.DM

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 13:12:00 No.14783458 Report

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>>14783398
yes, her name was Tigger. We took her in until we found some old couple to take her in. Would have kept her, but my other shepard did not like her at all. I think she was semi retarded.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:17:00 No.14783499 Report

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perfect for a monk / rogue...

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:18:00 No.14783504 Report

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:18:00 No.14783507 Report

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best trap ever.

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Godwyn Mon 02 May 2011 13:21:00 No.14783525 Report

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Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:23:00 No.14783538 Report

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I'm just going to bring plently of hired hands and mind controlled cats to check each room for cats, at worst we can eat our trap checkers, then raise them as undead to check more. Grimtooths traps seems nasty but they are either; roll; fail you die, or congrats the telescope had a blade in it, that whats a 1d6?
So why instead of throwing up traps you engage you players in the way they want, which is challenge and tactical fights, with you rolling in front of the screen too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:29:00 No.14783603 Report

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Mix some puzzles in with the traps. Like from Indiana Jones, but without ripping them off.

Mr.DM

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 13:31:00 No.14783614 Report

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>>14783603
So....in lieu of a boulder, a terrasque?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:33:00 No.14783628 Report

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>>14783614
No, like they have to follow a correct path on a floor or they will fall into a pit of doom

Mr.DM

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 13:34:00 No.14783629 Report

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>>14783504
I am going to use this.

Mr.DM

Mr.DM Mon 02 May 2011 13:37:00 No.14783663 Report

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>>14783628
Sounds like a more survivable plan. lol

Thanks for all the input fellow gamers. Much appreciated, but I must now get to sleep, work in morning and all that jazz. Will definitely use most of suggestions. plus a few puzzles of my own, and Professor Layton's as well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:40:00 No.14783685 Report

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Have a kobold dungeon with lots and LOTS of bolt holes and small tunnels. Hit and run tactics, mechanisms that flood rooms with water or drop rocks from above. It IS a trap, but activated by a kobold from a room away rather than from any action on the players part.

Hallway with arrow-slits in the ceiling, kobolds shooting poison tipped darts at everyone. They also throw marbles and caltrops down to impede the PCs movement. If injured they flee to return later. If the PCs retreat, the kobolds move to side tunnels to await their return. This room also has an activated trap: the floor drops away into a spiked pit (spikes also poisoned). One round later, the floor closes again, trapping anyone who fell. They are not automatically impaled, but are stuck in a sealed area.

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