tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post2742603466487131741..comments2024-03-29T02:42:23.220-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: Traps (Part 2)JBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-34543717871634724622011-08-07T20:18:15.959-07:002011-08-07T20:18:15.959-07:00You could have a "trap" that chases them...You could have a "trap" that chases them along, like that rolling boulder in Raiders Of The Lost Ark.By The Swordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16799389743529116360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-55824893486280632662011-08-06T10:03:10.932-07:002011-08-06T10:03:10.932-07:00@ BTS: To which the answer is, throw wandering mon...@ BTS: To which the answer is, throw wandering monsters at 'em to light a fire under their asses. <br /><br />If there's nothing to speed their pace, what keeps 'em from checking every nook and cranny, even when there are NO traps?JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-485251767721047452011-08-06T09:20:17.840-07:002011-08-06T09:20:17.840-07:00Placing even one trap in your adventure is a suref...Placing even one trap in your adventure is a surefire way to slow the player's pace down to a crawl as they search every nook and cranny for traps.<br /><br />Nothing wrong with that, if that's what you want to do.By The Swordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16799389743529116360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-5545204232927072102011-08-06T08:34:30.197-07:002011-08-06T08:34:30.197-07:00I hate Wikipedia so much sometimes. Sure, traps ma...I hate Wikipedia so much sometimes. Sure, traps may be baited. But the word "trap" itself in no way implies the presence of bait.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08672805488737264648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-87564507060364401802011-08-04T21:19:57.269-07:002011-08-04T21:19:57.269-07:00Traps are a subject that I've never really pai...Traps are a subject that I've never really paid much attention to, so this is all very interesting to me. I'd always associated traps with the "killer DM" concept, perhaps because of exposure early on to the "Grimtooth's Traps" series.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-78465119525575940042011-08-04T15:47:55.354-07:002011-08-04T15:47:55.354-07:00@ Gwydion: Me, too!@ Gwydion: Me, too!JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-10880043330998612312011-08-04T15:01:44.078-07:002011-08-04T15:01:44.078-07:00Thanks for this. Mentzer more or less cuts and pa...Thanks for this. Mentzer more or less cuts and pastes Moldvay in his section on traps, so this series has really got me thinking about how I handle traps in my Megadungeon.Dennis Laffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053699552003336733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-25115613027460250142011-08-04T11:50:30.640-07:002011-08-04T11:50:30.640-07:00I'm enjoying these posts on traps, especially ...I'm enjoying these posts on traps, especially as I'm currently putting some in a dungeon.Simon Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243845335993440168noreply@blogger.com