Webs of Elemental Ice (Elite) - Traps

Webs of Elemental Ice (Elite)
Hazard
Level 13 Elite Obstacle
XP 1600

Strands of silvery ice spread across the cavern, stretching from floor to ceiling and wall to wall, forming a vast crystalline web.

Hazard: This trap covers a 7-by-7-by-7-square area, filling it with a web of elemental ice. Creatures entering spaces containing the ice trigger an attack from the trap.Perception✦     No check is necessary to notice the webs of elemental ice.Arcana✦     DC 25: The character recognizes the elemental ice for what it is, and that character and all allies gain a +2 bonus to Acrobatics checks made to navigate its spaces.TriggerWhen a creature enters a space containing the elemental ice web, the hazard attacks.AttackOpportunity Action      Melee 1
Targets: Each creature in a square containing the hazardAttack: +20 vs. ACHit: 1d10 + 6 damage, and the target is slowed and takes a -2 penalty to Will defense (save ends both). If the creature is already slowed, it becomes dazed (save ends) instead.Countermeasures✦     Acrobatics DC 18: A character entering one of the hazard's spaces can make a skill check to gain a +4 bonus to AC against the hazard's attacks until the start of the character's next turn.
✦     A character can attack a space containing the elemental ice web (AC 23, other defenses 18; hp 100; vulnerable 10 necrotic). Reducing the hazard's hit points to 0 clears the webbing from the space attacked.

Published in Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons, page(s) 59.