Trap

A trap is a hazard placed on the ground that will trigger an effect, harming whoever set it off. Traps, if detected with Search mode, appear as an ominous red overlay in the area. A character can use Craft: Engineering to place their own trap kits, or use Disable Device to disable or to recover one set by opponents. The Craft: Engineering skill allows one to assemble trap kits.

Traps come in a number of varieties such as generic trap kits, projectile traps, alarms and magical spell traps. Traps also have varying power levels, in ascending order: Minor, Average, Strong, and Deadly; with some traps also having Fatal and Epic variants.

Traps can be focused on either Damage or Debilitation. Traps designed around damage allow a Reflex Save for half-damage, against which Evasion (and Improved Evasion) can be applied. Traps designed around debilitation will allow a save against some debuff or penalty, but will always deal the listed damage. Whether Evasion can defend against each trap is marked in the table below.

The effects of trap kits that can be used by the PC are as follows:

Type	Strength	Target	Damage	Special	Save	Evasion?	DC
Acid Blob	Minor	single creature	3d6 acid	paralysis, 2 rounds	Reflex + Fort/round	No	15
	Average	single creature	5d6 acid	paralysis, 3 rounds	Reflex + Fort/round	No	20
	Strong	single creature	12d6 acid	paralysis, 4 rounds	Reflex + Fort/round	No	25
	Deadly	single creature	18d6 acid	paralysis, 5 rounds	Reflex + Fort/round	No	25
	Fatal	single creature	22d6 acid	paralysis, 4 rounds	Reflex + Fort/round	No	28
Acid Splash	Minor	single creature	2d8 acid		reflex	Yes	18
	Average	single creature	5d8 acid		Reflex	Yes	22
	Strong	single creature	10d8 acid		reflex	Yes	26
	Deadly	single creature	20d8 acid		reflex	Yes	30
Electrical	Minor	3 creatures, 15 ft radius	8d6 electrical		reflex	Yes	19
	Average	4 creatures, 15 ft radius	15d6 electrical		reflex	Yes	22
	Strong	5 creatures, 15 ft radius	20d6 electrical		reflex	Yes	26
	Deadly	6 creatures, 15 ft radius	30d6 electrical		reflex	Yes	28
	Fatal	6 creatures, 15 ft radius	40d6 electrical		reflex	Yes	30
	Epic	6 creatures, 15 ft radius	60d6 electrical		reflex	Yes	35
Fire	Minor	5 ft radius	5d6 fire		reflex	Yes	18
	Average	5 ft radius	8d6 fire		reflex	Yes	22
	Strong	10 ft radius	15d6 fire		reflex	Yes	26
	Deadly	10 ft radius	25d6 fire		reflex	Yes	30
	Fatal	10 ft radius	35d6 fire		reflex	Yes	34
	Epic	10 ft radius	50d6 fire		reflex	Yes	38
Frost	Minor	single creature	2d4 cold	paralysis, 1 round	fortitude	No	12
	Average	single creature	4d4 cold	paralysis, 2 rounds	fortitude	No	13
	Strong	single creature	8d4 cold	paralysis, 3 rounds	fortitude	No	14
	Deadly	single creature	16d4 cold	paralysis, 4 rounds	fortitude	No	15
	Epic	single creature	40d4 cold	paralysis, 4 rounds	fortitude	No	30
Holy	Minor	single creature	2d4 (4d10 if undead) divine		none	No
	Average	single creature	3d4 (5d10 if undead) divine		none	No
	Strong	single creature	6d4 (8d10 if undead) divine		none	No
	Deadly	single creature	8d4 (12d10 if undead) divine		none	No
	Fatal	single creature	12d4 (16d10 if undead) divine		none	No
	Epic	single creature	16d4 (20d10 if undead) divine		none	No
Negative	Minor	single creature	2d6 negative	-1 strength	fortitude	No	12
	Average	single creature	4d6 negative	-1 strength	fortitude	No	15
	Strong	single creature	8d6 negative	-2 strength	fortitude	No	18
	Deadly	single creature	16d6 negative	-1 level	fortitude	No	21
Sonic	Minor	10 ft radius	2d4 sonic	stun, 2 rounds	will	No	12
	Average	10 ft radius	4d4 sonic	stun, 2 rounds	will	No	14
	Strong	10 ft radius	8d4 sonic	stun, 3 rounds	will	No	17
	Deadly	10 ft radius	16d4 sonic	stun, 4 rounds	will	No	20
	Fatal	10 ft radius	30d4 sonic	stun, 4 rounds	will	No	25
	Epic	10 ft radius	40d4 sonic	stun, 4 rounds	will	No	30
Spike	Minor	single creature	2d6 piercing		reflex	Yes	15
	Average	single creature	4d6 piercing		reflex	Yes	15
	Strong	single creature	8d6 piercing		reflex	Yes	15
	Deadly	single creature	25d6 piercing		reflex	Yes	15
	Epic (Beast trap)	single creature	??d6 piercing		reflex	Yes	??
Tangle	Minor	10 ft radius		slow, 3 rounds	reflex	No	20
	Average	10 ft radius		slow, 4 rounds	reflex	No	25
	Strong	15 ft radius		slow, 4 rounds	reflex	No	30
	Deadly	15 ft radius		slow, 5 rounds	reflex	No	35
Gas	Minor	15 ft radius		Giant wasp poison (1d6 Dex / 1d6 Dex)	fortitude	No	18
	Average	15 ft radius		Deathblade Toxin (1d6 Con / 2d6 Con)	fortitude	No	20
	Strong	15 ft radius		Black Lotus Extract (1d6 Con / 2d6 Con)	fortitude	No	22
	Deadly	15 ft radius		Dark Reaver Powder (2d3 Con / 2d6 Con)	fortitude	No	26

Data sourced from https://bgtscc.net/viewtopic.php?p=900484#p900484

Gameplay Notes

• Traps set by players should no longer trigger unless the two characters are hostile with each other. If a PC is killed by a trap, it is treated as a pvp death if the trap was set by a player, rather than a pve death.