Gauntlet Trap (Elite)
Trap
Level 14 Elite Obstacle
XP 2000
This stretch of hallway is floored with dark-purple tiles. As you pass between the spider statues, a hail of poisoned darts streak toward you.
Trap: This trap consists of 12 squares containing pressure plates, as indicated on the map. When the trap is triggered, it attacks.Perception✦ DC 20: The character notices the tip of a dart protruding from the front of a spider statue.✦ DC 25: The character identifies the first three pressure plates.TriggerWhen a creature enters or begins its turn in a square containing a pressure plate, the trap attacks that creature.AttackFree Action Ranged 2Target: Creature on pressure plateAttack: +17 vs. ReflexHit: 1d8 + 6 damage, and make a secondary attack against the same target. Secondary Attack +17 vs. Fortitude Hit: 1d10 + 6 poison damage, and the target is dazed and takes ongoing 5 poison damage (save ends both).Miss: Half damage, and no secondary attack.Countermeasures✦ Athletics DC 6 or Athletics (without a running start) DC 11: A character who makes a successful check can jump over a single pressure plate.
✦ Strength DC 25: A character who makes a successful check can topple one of the spider statues. Doing so neutralizes the trap in that square, but fills its square and all adjacent squares with rubble (difficult terrain).
✦ Thievery DC 25: An adjacent character can disable a pressure plate with a DC 25 Thievery check.
Published in P2 Demon Queen Enclave, page(s) 30.