Soul Gem
Trap
Level 26 Solo Blaster
XP 45000
A strange, many-faceted gem in the center of the chamber suddenly emits blasts of blinding light.
Trap: This fist-sized cut crystal is often embedded in a statue or placed on a pedestal in the center of a room. When a creature steps within 5 squares of the soul gem, it starts emitting blasts of radiant power from its many facets.Perception✦ DC 29: The character spots the strange gem.Arcana✦ DC 33: The character recognizes the soul gem.Initiative +8TriggerWhen a creature moves within 5 squares of the soul gem, it rolls initiative and attacks.AttackStandard Action Close blast 5Target: All creatures in blastAttack: +29 vs. FortitudeHit: 4d10 + 5 radiant damage and ongoing 5 radiant damage and stunned (save ends both). Aftereffect Dazed (save ends).Special Each round, roll 1d8 to determine the direction of the blast. The blast is centered on one square of the gem's space, starting with the north square and moving clockwise around the gem's space.Countermeasures✦ Thievery DC 37: A character can engage in a skill challenge to detach the soul gem from its socket and thereby disable it. Complexity 1 (4 successes before 3 failures). Success detaches the gem and disables the trap. Failure causes the gem to explode (close burst 8, 4d10 + 5 radiant damage and stunned (save ends) to all creatures in burst) .
✦ A character can attack the gem (AC 33, other defenses 29; hp 100; resist 15 all). When reduced to 0 hit points, the gem explodes in a close burst 8, as above. Destroying the gem disables the trap.
Published in Dungeon Master's Guide, page(s) 93, E2 Kingdom of the Ghouls, page(s) 62.