trap design

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Gunpowder Traps for 5e 2

19 Mar, 2023  in 5e DnD / Seas of Vodari  tagged complex trap / D&D Next / firearms / Seas of Vodari / trap design / traps by Brandes Stoddard

For that upcoming Tribality project that I’ve mentioned, I’m writing traps based on gunpowder and firearms for use in D&D 5e. Er, without just making a numbers-bolted-on collection of gunpowder bombs and land mines, I guess. If you want those for your game, that’s fine, but you can read the […]

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Trap Design

16 Apr, 2014  in 2e DnD / 3.x DnD / 4e DnD / 5e DnD / design ideas / dungeon design / skill challenges  tagged 4e D&D / dungeon crawling / Haran Roeh / LARP design / trap design / traps by Brandes Stoddard

In a tabletop game, “traditional” mechanical traps are awkward to include in a dungeon, and that is a real shame. I commented briefly on the problem of traps in my post on module construction, but now I want to dig into that topic more deeply and propose a new solution […]

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