Lightning Siphon - Traps

Lightning Siphon
Trap
Level 19 Blaster
XP 2400

Crackling bolts of lightning lash out from the object and pull individuals closer.

Trap: When a character steps within 5 squares of a statue of a Large iron dragon, the statue starts blasting nearby creatures with ensnaring bolts of lightning.Perception✦     DC 22: The character notices an occasional spark coming from the mouth of the dragon statue.Arcana✦     DC 27: The character identifies the trap as a lightning siphon.Initiative +11TriggerWhen a creature comes within 5 squares of the dragon statue, the trap activates and rolls initiative.Attack * LightningStandard Action      Close blast 5
Target: Each creature in the blastAttack: +22 vs. ReflexHit: 2d10 + 7 lightning damage, the trap pulls the target 3 squares, and the target is slowed until the end of its next turn.Countermeasures✦     Thievery DC 22: An adjacent character can disable the trap with a successful check.
✦     A character can attack the statue (AC 33, other defenses 31; hp 80; resist 5 all). Destroying the statue disables the trap.

Published in Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons, page(s) 60.