tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post3383234872594708197..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Thieving Abilities - TrapsAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-35635035776651807722012-08-06T04:16:37.098-06:002012-08-06T04:16:37.098-06:00It seems to me your standard pressure plate trap i...It seems to me your standard pressure plate trap is designed to look rather much like the floor, which is a reasonable thing for it to do on any sort of tiled ground and not so much on bare stone.<br /><br />That's a skilled artisan's job to build of course, and easily spottable by running a little water into all the cracks or triggerable with any stout pole.<br /><br />Maintenance is an odd one. Buildings become traps all on their own given sufficient time. Walls teeter further by the year, weights above sit ever more delicately balanced, floors rot until they barely support their own weight, collapses past send you through dangerous make-shift passageways. The old traps may be visibly jammed, but the jam itself may form a whole new trap for the unwary.<br /><br /><br />I like the idea though. More of a "how fast you can move and still spot trip wires and such" deal.tussockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01624091727724404725noreply@blogger.com