Gorgon Mud - Traps

Gorgon Mud
Hazard
Level 8 Obstacle
XP 350

This viscous green mud forms pockets in bogs and soft ground. It erupts around those who disturb it to clutch at their feet, then hardens into an earthen prison.

Hazard: This hazard consists of 10 squares positioned in a larger field of mud or soft earth. The hazard affects any creature that enters one of its squares.Perception✦     DC 19: The character can discern if any adjacent squares contain gorgon mud.Arcana✦     DC 14: The character recognizes the hazard's nature.TriggerWhen a creature enters a square of gorgon mud, the hazard attacks.AttackOpportunity Action      Melee
Countermeasures✦     Athletics DC 14: A character can make a check to grant himself or herself or an adjacent creature a +2 bonus to the next saving throw against the mud's effect.
✦     Arcana DC 19: A character who makes a successful check siphons the elemental energy from the mud, rendering inert 1 square, plus 1 square for every 5 points by which the check result beats the DC.

Published in The Plane Below, page(s) 18.