Saturday, May 11, 2024

Trap Generator

 A trap is something that looks harmless/useful but actually kills you.

What does it protect?

1. A treasure

2. A lair

3. A passage

4. A holy site

5. Just built out of malice

6. It's something that was once helpful, but now dangerous or misused.

7. Keep people out

8. Keep people in


Style

1. Arcane

2. Mechanical

3. Hidden

4. Obvious

5. Trick

6. Warning


What is the method of application? 

1-3 mundane

4-6 Arcane 


Mundane

1. Spikes

2. Gas

3. Blades

4. Arrows / spears

5. Crusher

6. Pit (falling)

7. Pit + roll again

8. Water

9. Fire

10. Twisting

11. Rolling boulder

12. Ripping

14. Catapult

15. Boiling oil / water

16. Monofilament

17. Attacking monster

18. Trapping / Containing

19. Shifting walls / confusing environment

20. Collapsing environment / natural disaster


Arcane

1. Teleport

2. Vaporize

4. Ice / electricity

5. Stone / crystal

6. Transform

7. Alert / summon

8. Adhesion / slippery 

9. Gravity / propulsion

10. Melting / acid 

11. Charm / hallucination

12. Roll spell effect

13. Mutation / radiation

14. Memory wipe / psychic attack

15. Repelling force / magnetism

16. Laser beam / plasma

17. Darkness / confusing senses 

18. Plants / fungus / drugs

19. Sound / echoes / music

20. Physics disruption / aging / time



What shape does it take?

1. Passageway

2. Door

3. Table / chair

4. Bed / dresser / cabinet

5. Bookcase / picture / tapestry

6. Statue / pillar

7. Mirror / window / screen

8. Vase / pottery

9. Chest / coffin / box

10. Staircase / elevator

11. Hole

12. Chamber

13. Weapon / armor

14. Plant / natural substance

15. Animal / living thing

16. Mineral / crystal

17. Pool

18. Machine

19. Computer

20. Tube / pod

21. Ship / conveyance

22. Bottle / wine / food

23. Taxidermy

24. Floor

25. Wall

26. Ceiling

27. Jury rigged contraption

28. Cage

29. Carving

30. Treasure / mundane curiosity


Method of activation

1. Touch / sound

2. Button / pressure plate

3. Chemical reaction

4. Proximity / camera

5. Magical detection

6. Tripwire

7. Timer

8. Movement / sound

9. Weight / gravity/ magnetism

10. Always active / generating

11. Violence

12. Identity / race / class


Other features

1. Rope

2. Needle

3. Sand

4. Weights / scales

5. Book / chart / map / diagram

4. Sentient being

6. Illusion

7. Lure

8. Skulls

9. Ladder / stairs

10. Trapdoor

11. Constructed recently

12. Arcane experiment gone wrong/right

13. Transdimensional horror

14. Alien / monstrous technology

15. Maintained by faction

16. Long forgotten

17. Antique / valuable-looking / opulent

18. Worthless / ruined

19. Chasm

20. Falls apart before completing it's intended purpose

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