Traps

See also: Dungeon Deathtraps

Traps are a common danger in dungeon environments. From gouts of white-hot flame to hails of poisoned darts, traps can serve to protect valuable treasure or stop intruders from proceeding.

Elements of a Trap

All traps—mechanical or magical—have the following elements: CR, type, Perception DC, Disable Device DC, trigger, reset, and effect. Some traps might also include optional elements, such as poison or a bypass. These characteristics are described below.

Type

A trap can be either mechanical or magical in nature.

Mechanical: Dungeons are frequently equipped with deadly mechanical (nonmagical) traps. A trap typically is defined by its location and triggering conditions, how hard it is to spot before it goes off, how much damage it deals, and whether or not the characters receive a saving throw to mitigate its effects. Traps that attack with arrows, sweeping blades, and other types of weaponry make normal attack rolls, with specific attack bonuses dictated by the trap’s design. A mechanical trap can be constructed by a PC through successful use of the Craft (traps) skill (see Designing a Trap and the Craft skill description).

Creatures that succeed on a Perception check detect a trap before it is triggered. The DC of this check depends on the trap itself. Success generally indicates that the creature has detected the mechanism that activates the trap, such as a pressure plate, odd gears attached to a door handle, and the like. Beating this check by 5 or more also gives some indication of what the trap is designed to do.

Magic: Many spells can be used to create dangerous traps. Unless the spell or item description states otherwise, assume the following to be true.

  • A successful Perception check (DC 25 + spell level) detects a magic trap before it goes off.
  • Magic traps permit a saving throw in order to avoid the effect (DC 10 + spell level × 1.5).
  • Magic traps may be disarmed by a character with the trapfinding class feature with a successful Disable Device skill check (DC 25 + spell level). Other characters have no chance to disarm a magic trap with a Disable Device check.

Magic traps are further divided into spell traps and magic device traps. Magic device traps initiate spell effects when activated, just as wands, rods, rings, and other magic items do. Creating a magic device trap requires the Craft Wondrous Item feat.

Spell traps are simply spells that themselves function as traps. Creating a spell trap requires the services of a character who can cast the needed spell or spells, who is usually either the character creating the trap or an NPC spellcaster hired for that purpose.

Perception and Disable Device DCs

The builder sets the Perception and Disable Device DCs for a mechanical trap. For a magic trap, the values depend on the highest-level spell used.

Mechanical Trap: The base DC for both Perception and Disable Device checks is 20. Raising or lowering either of these DCs affects the CR (Table: CR Modifiers for Mechanical Traps).

Magic Trap: The DC for both Perception and Disable Device checks is equal to 25 + the spell level of the highest-level spell used. Only characters with the trapfinding class feature can attempt a Disable Device check involving a magic trap.

Trigger

A trap’s trigger determines how it is sprung.

Location: A location trigger springs a trap when someone stands in a particular square.

Proximity: This trigger activates the trap when a creature approaches within a certain distance of it. A proximity trigger differs from a location trigger in that the creature need not be standing in a particular square. Creatures that are flying can spring a trap with a proximity trigger but not one with a location trigger. Mechanical proximity triggers are extremely sensitive to the slightest change in the air. This makes them useful only in places such as crypts, where the air is unusually still.

The proximity trigger used most often for magic device traps is the alarm spell. Unlike when the spell is cast, an alarm spell used as a trigger can have an area that’s no larger than the area the trap is meant to protect.

Some magic device traps have special proximity triggers that activate only when certain kinds of creatures approach. For example, a detect good spell can serve as a proximity trigger on an evil altar, springing the attached trap only when someone of good alignment gets close enough to it.

Sound: This trigger springs a magic trap when it detects any sound. A sound trigger functions like an ear and has a +15 bonus on Perception checks. A successful Stealth check, magical silence, and other effects that would negate hearing defeat it. A trap with a sound trigger requires the casting of clairaudience during its construction.

Visual: This trigger for magic traps works like an actual eye, springing the trap whenever it “sees” something. A trap with a visual trigger requires the casting of arcane eye, clairvoyance, or true seeing during its construction. Sight range and the Perception bonus conferred on the trap depend on the spell chosen, as shown.

Spell Sight Range Perception Bonus
arcane eye Line of sight (unlimited range) +20
clairvoyance One preselected location +15
true seeing Line of sight (up to 120 ft.) +30

If you want the trap to see in the dark, you must either choose the true seeing option or add darkvision to the trap as well. (Darkvision limits the trap’s sight range in the dark to 60 feet.) If invisibility, disguises, or illusions can fool the spell being used, they can fool the visual trigger as well.

Touch: A touch trigger, which springs the trap when touched, is one of the simplest kinds of trigger to construct. This trigger may be physically attached to the part of the mechanism that deals the damage or it may not. You can make a magic touch trigger by adding alarm to the trap and reducing the area of the effect to cover only the trigger spot.

Timed: This trigger periodically springs the trap after a certain duration has passed.

Spell: All spell traps have this kind of trigger. The appropriate spell descriptions explain the trigger conditions for traps that contain spell triggers.

Duration

Unless otherwise stated, most traps have a duration of instantaneous; once triggered, they have their effect and then stop functioning. Some traps have a duration measured in rounds. Such traps continue to have their listed effect each round at the top of the initiative order (or whenever they were activated, if they were triggered during combat).

Reset

A reset element is the set of conditions under which a trap becomes ready to trigger again. Resetting a trap usually takes only a minute or so. For a trap with a more difficult reset method, you should set the time and labor required.

No Reset: Short of completely rebuilding the trap, there’s no way to trigger it more than once. Spell traps have no reset element.

Repair: To get the trap functioning again, you must repair it. Repairing a mechanical trap requires a Craft (traps) check against a DC equal to the one for building it. The cost for raw materials is one-fifth of the trap’s original market price. To calculate how long it takes to fix a trap, use the same calculations you would for building it, but use the cost of the raw materials required for repair in place of the market price.

Manual: Resetting the trap requires someone to move the parts back into place. This is the kind of reset element most mechanical traps have.

Automatic: The trap resets itself, either immediately or after a timed interval.

Bypass (Optional Element)

If the builder of a trap wants to be able to move past the trap after it is created or placed, it’s a good idea to build in a bypass mechanism: something that temporarily disarms the trap. Bypass elements are typically used only with mechanical traps; spell traps usually have built-in allowances for the caster to bypass them.

Lock: A lock bypass requires a DC 30 Disable Device check to open.

Hidden Switch: A hidden switch requires a DC 25 Perception check to locate.

Hidden Lock: A hidden lock combines the features above, requiring a DC 25 Perception check to locate and a DC 30 Disable Device check to open.

Effect

The effect of a trap is what happens to those who spring it. This often takes the form of either damage or a spell effect, but some traps have special effects. A trap usually either makes an attack roll or forces a saving throw to avoid it. Occasionally a trap uses both of these options, or neither (see Never Miss).

Pits: These are holes (covered or not) that characters can fall into, causing them to take damage. A pit needs no attack roll, but a successful Reflex save (DC set by the builder) avoids it. Other save-dependent mechanical traps also fall into this category. Falling into a pit deals 1d6 points of damage per 10 feet of depth.

Pits in dungeons come in three basic varieties: uncovered, covered, and chasms. Pits and chasms can be defeated by judicious application of the Acrobatics skill, the Climb skill, or various mechanical or magical means.

Uncovered pits and natural chasms serve mainly to discourage intruders from going a certain way, although they cause much grief to characters who stumble into them in the dark, and they can greatly complicate nearby melee.

Covered pits are much more dangerous. They can be detected with a DC 20 Perception check, but only if the character is taking the time to carefully examine the area before walking across it. A character who fails to detect a covered pit is still entitled to a DC 20 Reflex save to avoid falling into it. If she was running or moving recklessly at the time, however, she gets no saving throw and falls automatically.

Trap coverings can be as simple as piled refuse (straw, leaves, sticks, garbage), a large rug, or an actual trap door concealed to appear as a normal part of the floor. Such a trap door usually swings open when enough weight (usually about 50 to 80 pounds) is placed upon it. Devious trap builders sometimes design trap doors so they spring back shut after they open. The trap door might lock once it’s back in place, leaving the stranded character well and truly trapped. Opening such a trap door is just as difficult as opening a regular door (assuming the trapped character can reach it), and a DC 13 Strength check is needed to keep a spring-loaded door open.

Pit traps often have something nastier than just a hard floor at the bottom. A trap designer might put spikes, monsters, or a pool of acid, lava, or even water at the bottom. For rules on pit spikes and other such add-ons, see the Miscellaneous Trap Features section.

Monsters sometimes live in pits. Any monster that can fit into the pit might have been placed there by the dungeon’s designer, or might simply have fallen in and not been able to climb back out.

A secondary trap, mechanical or magical, at the bottom of a pit can be particularly deadly. Activated by a falling victim, the secondary trap attacks the already injured character when she’s least ready for it.

Ranged Attack Traps: These traps fling darts, arrows, spears, or the like at whomever activated the trap. The builder sets the attack bonus. A ranged attack trap can be configured to simulate the effect of a composite bow with a high Strength rating, which provides the trap with a bonus on damage equal to its Strength rating. These traps deal whatever damage their ammunition normally does. If a trap is constructed with a high Strength rating, it has a corresponding bonus on damage.

Melee Attack Traps: These traps feature such obstacles as sharp blades that emerge from walls and stone blocks that fall from ceilings. Once again, the builder sets the attack bonus. These traps deal the same damage as the melee weapons they “wield.” In the case of a falling stone block, you can assign any amount of bludgeoning damage you like, but remember that whoever resets the trap has to lift that stone back into place.

A melee attack trap can be constructed with a built-in bonus on damage rolls, just as if the trap itself had a high Strength score.

Spell Traps: Spell traps produce the spell’s effect. Like all spells, a spell trap that allows a saving throw has a save DC of 10 + spell level + caster’s relevant ability modifier.

Magic Device Traps: These traps produce the effects of any spells included in their construction, as described in the appropriate entries. If the spell in a magic device trap allows a saving throw, its save DC is (10 + spell level) × 1.5. Some spells make attack rolls instead.

Special: Some traps have miscellaneous features that produce special effects, such as drowning for a water trap or ability damage for poison. Saving throws and damage depend on the poison or are set by the builder, as appropriate.

High-Technology Traps

Source: Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Technology Guide

Mundane and magical traps can incorporate technological elements in their construction. Computers and AIs can also be connected to traps, allowing them to selectively trigger the traps remotely. Traps that incorporate technology gain the technological type, in addition to their normal type (see the following examples). The following technological triggers are available to traps.

Electric Eyes: Similar to a visual trigger, the trap incorporates a camera or other visual and audio recording device. Electric eyes typically have darkvision to a range of 120 feet, low-light vision, and a Perception bonus of +15. This trigger adds +1 to the trap’s CR and +5 to its crafting DC.

Genetic: A genetic trigger works in a fashion similar to scent. It can be set to target or not target living creatures within 30 feet (adjusted by wind as for scent) based on an individual, close family, or species relationship. For example, a trap could be set to target orcs, or to not target an NPC and his close relations. Genetic triggers are used in conjunction with other triggers and limit the maximum range of those triggers. A trap can incorporate up to half its CR in different genetic samples and conditions. This trigger adds +1 to the trap’s CR and +5 to its crafting DC.

Example High-Tech Traps

Concealed Laser Turret CR 4

DESCRIPTION

Type mechanical and technological; Trigger camera (Perception +15); Reset automatic (1 round)

INTERACT

Notice Perception DC 20; Disable Disable Device DC 28

EFFECT

Atk +10 ranged touch (2d6 fire), range increment 150 ft. (see laser pistol)

Proximity Mine CR 5

DESCRIPTION

Type mechanical and technological; Trigger genetic, proximity; Reset none

INTERACT

Notice Perception DC 28; Disable Disable Device DC 20

EFFECT

one grenade worth 1,000 gp or less, multiple targets and saves (see grenade rules)

Electrified Door CR 11

DESCRIPTION

Type mechanical and technological; Trigger touch (see text); Reset automatic (1 minute; see text)

INTERACT

Notice Perception DC 32; Disable Disable Device DC 29

EFFECT

10d8 electricity damage (Reflex DC 25 half) to anyone touching the door; typically an electrified door triggers only if a creature attempts to bypass or force the door; electrified doors connected to a generator have no charge limit, otherwise the trap has only enough energy to function once with no reset

Miscellaneous Trap Features

Some traps include optional features that can make them considerably more deadly. The most common features are discussed below.

Alchemical Item: Mechanical traps might incorporate alchemical devices or other special substances or items, such as tanglefoot bags, alchemist’s fire, thunderstones, and the like. Some such items mimic spell effects. If the item mimics a spell effect, it increases the CR as shown on Table: CR Modifiers for Mechanical Traps.

Gas: With a gas trap, the danger is in the inhaled poison it delivers. Traps employing gas usually have the never miss and onset delay features.

Liquid: Any trap that involves a danger of drowning is in this category. Traps employing liquid usually have the never miss and onset delay features.

Multiple Targets: Traps with this feature can affect more than one character.

Never Miss: When the entire dungeon wall moves to crush you, your quick reflexes won’t help, since the wall can’t possibly miss. A trap with this feature has neither an attack bonus nor a saving throw to avoid, but it does have an onset delay. Most traps involving liquid or gas are of the never miss variety.

Onset Delay: An onset delay is the amount of time between when the trap is sprung and when it deals damage. A never miss trap always has an onset delay.

Poison: Traps that employ poison are deadlier than their nonpoisonous counterparts, so they have correspondingly higher CRs. To determine the CR modifier for a given poison, consult Table: CR Modifiers for Mechanical Traps. Only injury, contact, and inhaled poisons are suitable for traps; ingested types are not. Some traps simply deal the poison’s damage. Others deal damage with ranged or melee attacks as well.

Pit Spikes: Treat spikes at the bottom of a pit as daggers, each with a +10 attack bonus. The damage bonus for each spike is +1 per 10 feet of pit depth (to a maximum of +5). Each character who falls into the pit is attacked by 1d4 spikes. This damage is in addition to any damage from the fall itself, and the statistics presented above are merely the most common variant—some traps might have far more dangerous spikes at their bottom. Pit spikes add to the average damage of the trap (see Average Damage, below).

Pit Bottom: If something other than spikes waits at the bottom of a pit, it’s best to treat that as a separate trap (see Multiple Traps) with a location trigger that activates on any significant impact, such as a falling character.

Touch Attack: This feature applies to any trap that needs only a successful touch attack (melee or ranged) to hit.

Designing a Trap

Designing new traps is a simple process. Start by deciding what type of trap you want to create.

Mechanical Traps

Simply select the elements you want the trap to have and add up the adjustments to the trap’s Challenge Rating that those elements require (see Table: CR Modifiers for Mechanical Traps) to arrive at the trap’s final CR. From the CR you can derive the DC of the Craft (traps) checks a character must make to construct the trap.

Magic Traps

As with mechanical traps, decide what elements you want and then determine the CR of the resulting trap (see Table: CR Modifiers for Magic Traps). If a player character wants to design and construct a magic trap, he, or an ally, must have the Craft Wondrous Item feat. In addition, he must be able to cast the spell or spells that the trap requires—or he must be able to hire an NPC to cast the spells for him.

Challenge Rating of a Trap

To calculate the Challenge Rating of a trap, add all the CR modifiers (see Table: CR Modifiers for Mechanical Traps or Table: CR Modifiers for Magic Traps) to the base CR for the trap type.

Mechanical Trap: The base CR for a mechanical trap is 0. If your final CR is 0 or lower, add features until you get a CR of 1 or higher.

Table: CR Modifiers for Mechanical Traps
Feature CR Modifier
Perception DC
15 or lower –1
16–20
21–25 +1
26–29 +2
30 or higher +3
Disable Device DC
15 or lower –1
16–20
21–25 +1
26–29 +2
30 or higher +3
Reflex Save DC (Pit or Other Save-Dependent Trap)
15 or lower –1
16–20
21–25 +1
26–29 +2
30 or higher +3
Attack Bonus (Melee or Ranged Attack Trap)
+0 or lower –2
+1 to +5 –1
+6 to +10
+11 to +15 +1
+16 to +20 +2
Touch attack +1
Damage/Effect
Average damage +1 per 10 points of average damage
If designed to hit more than
one target, multiply this value by 2.
Miscellaneous Features
Alchemical device Level of spell mimicked
Automatic reset +1
Liquid +5
Multiple targets (non-damage) +1
Never miss +2
Proximity or visual trigger +1
Poison
Black Adder Venom +1
Black Lotus Extract +8
Bloodroot +1
Blue Whinnis +1
Burnt Othur Fumes +6
Deathblade +5
Dragon Bile +6
Giant Wasp Poison +3
Greenblood Oil +1
Insanity Mist +4
Large Scorpion Venom +3
Malyass Root Paste +3
Medium Spider Venom +2
Nitharit +4
Purple Worm Poison +4
Sassone Leaf Residue +3
Shadow Essence +3
Small Centipede Poison +1
Terinav Root +5
Ungol Dust +3
Wyvern Poison +5

Magic Trap: For a spell trap or magic device trap, the base CR is 1. The highest-level spell used modifies the CR (see Table: CR Modifiers for Magic Traps).

Table: CR Modifiers for Magic Traps
Feature CR Modifier
Highest-level spell effect +Spell level
Damaging spell effect +1 per 10 points of average damage

Average Damage: If a trap (mechanical or magical) does hit point damage, calculate the average damage for a successful hit and round that value to the nearest multiple of 10. If the trap is designed to hit more than one target, multiply this value by 2. If the trap is designed to deal damage over a number of rounds, multiply this value by the number of rounds the trap will be active (or the average number of rounds, if the duration is variable). Use this value to adjust the Challenge Rating of the trap, as indicated on Table: CR Modifiers for Mechanical Traps. Damage from poison does not count toward this value, but extra damage from pit spikes and multiple attacks does.

For a magic trap, only one modifier applies to the CR—either the level of the highest-level spell used in the trap, or the average damage figure, whichever is larger.

Multiple Traps: If a trap is really two or more connected traps that affect approximately the same area, determine the CR of each one separately.

Multiple Dependent Traps: If one trap depends on the success of the other (that is, you can avoid the second trap by not falling victim to the first), characters earn XP for both traps by defeating the first one, regardless if the second one is also sprung.

Multiple Independent Traps: If two or more traps act independently (they do not depend on one another to activate), characters only earn XP for traps that they defeat.

Mechanical Trap Cost

The cost of a mechanical trap is 1,000 gp × the trap’s Challenge Rating. If the trap uses spells in its trigger or reset, add those costs separately. If the trap cannot be reset, divide the cost in half. If the trap has an automatic reset, increase the cost by half (+50%). Particularly simple traps, such as pit traps, might have a greatly reduced cost, subject to GM discretion. Such traps might cost as little as 250 gp × the trap’s Challenge Rating.

After you’ve determined the cost by Challenge Rating, add the price of any alchemical items or poison you incorporated into the trap. If the trap uses one of these elements and has an automatic reset, multiply the poison or alchemical item cost by 20 to provide an adequate supply of doses.

Multiple Traps: If a trap is really two or more connected traps, determine the final cost of each separately, then add those values together. This holds for both multiple dependent and multiple independent traps.

Magic Device Trap Cost

Building a magic device trap involves the expenditure of gp and requires the services of a spellcaster. Table: Cost Modifiers for Magic Device Traps summarizes the cost information for magic device traps. If the trap uses more than one spell (for instance, a sound or visual trigger spell in addition to the main spell effect), the builder must pay for them all (except alarm, which is free unless it must be cast by an NPC).

The costs derived from Table: Cost Modifiers for Magic Device Traps assume that the builder is casting the necessary spells himself (or perhaps some other PC is providing the spells for free). If an NPC spellcaster must be hired to cast them, those costs must be factored in as well (see Equipment).

Table: Cost Modifiers for Magic Device Traps
Feature Cost Modifier
Alarm spell used in trigger
One-Shot Trap
Each spell used +50 gp × caster level × spell level
Material components +Material component costs
Automatic Reset Trap
Each spell used +500 gp × caster level × spell level
Material components +Material component costs × 100

A magic device trap takes 1 day to construct per 500 gp of its cost.

Spell Trap Cost

A spell trap has a cost only if the builder must hire an NPC spellcaster to cast it.

Craft DCs for Mechanical Traps

Once you know the Challenge Rating of a trap, determine the Craft (traps) Dc by referring to the values and modifiers given on Table: Craft Traps DCs.

Making the Checks: To determine how much progress a character makes on building a trap each week, that character makes a Craft (traps) check. See the Craft skill description for details on Craft checks and the circumstances that can affect them.

Table: Craft (Traps) DCs
Trap CR Base Craft (Traps) DC
1–5 20
6–10 25
11–15 30
16+ 35
Additional Components Modifier to Craft (Traps) DC
Proximity trigger +5
Automatic reset +5

Lists of Traps

Below you will find a wide assortment of traps sorted various ways. In the first section the traps are clustered into groups based on how they behave or where they occur. Below that list is a list sorted both alphabetically and by CR.

Traps that Drop, Throw, Shoot, or Roll Things at Targets

Acid Arrow Trap (CR 3)
Arrow Trap (CR 1)
Bone Box (CR 4)
Cave-in or Collapse (CR 8)
Crusader’s Blades (CR 2)
Crushing Cage Trap (CR 11)
Crushing Stone Trap (CR 15)
Deadly Spear Trap (CR 18)
Dual Swinging Log Trap (CR 3)
Ettercap Spear Trap (CR 2)
Falling Bell Trap (CR 5)
Falling Bell Trap (CR 12)
Falling Block Trap (CR 5)
Falling Bricks (CR 3)
Falling Portcullis Trap (CR 4)
Gallery of Lightning (CR 9)
Hail of Arrows Trap (CR 9)
Hail of Bolts Trap (CR 6)
Javelin Trap (CR 2)
Lightning Bolt Gallery Trap (CR 17)
Fireball Trap, Maximized (CR 13)
Meteor Swarm Trap (CR 19)
Molten Brass Trap (CR 10)
Numbing Needles (CR 7)
Pillar of 1,000 Arrows (CR 2)
Pit Trap, Chute w/Green Slime (CR 4)
Poisoned Dart Trap (CR 1)
Rock Deadfall (CR 2)
Rolling Boulder Trap (CR 10)
Room of Darts and Blades (CR 11)
Swinging Log Trap (CR 1)
Wailing Maidens (CR 7)
Wyvern Arrow Trap (CR 6)

Traps that Cast Spells at Targets or on Areas

Acid Arrow Trap (CR 3)
Acid Fog Trap (CR 7)
Breath of Despair Trap (CR 4)
Burning Hands Trap (CR 2)
Chain Lightning Trap (CR 15)
Chamber of Reduction (CR 10)
Cone of Cold Trap (CR 11)
Deaths Breath Doors (CR 8)
Desiccation Pulse (CR 11)
Destruction Trap (CR 20)
Electricity Arc Trap (CR 4)
Empowered Disintegrate Trap (CR 16)
Energy Drain Trap (CR 10)
Eternal Glyphs (CR 9)
Faceless Statue Trap (CR 7)
Fireball Trap (CR 5)
Fireburst Statues (CR 3)
Flame Strike Trap (CR 6)
Frost Fangs Trap (CR 7)
Gallery of Lightning (CR 9)
Glyph of Warding, Beguiling Gift (CR 7)
Golden Egg (CR 8)
Guardian of Air Trap (CR 7)
Harm Trap (CR 14)
Lazurite Focus, The (CR 10)
Necromantic Deathtrap (CR 13)
Pool of Fear (CR 1)
Sepia Snake Sigil Trap, Heightened (CR 10)
Shocking Floor Trap (CR 9)
Skull Blast (CR 14)
Sound Burst Trap (CR 3)
Summon Monster Trap (CR Varies)
Symbol of Fear (CR 7)
Symbol of Fear, Heightened (CR 10)
Symbol of Pain Trap (CR 6)
Symbol of Persuasion, Heightened (CR 10)
Symbol of Stunning Trap (CR 8)
Symbol of Weakness Trap (CR 8)
The Scribbler’s Suggestion (CR 7)
Wailing Maidens (CR 7)
Wyvern Arrow Trap (CR 6)

Traps that Drop Targets or that affect (or that come from) the Floor, Ground, or Stairs

Bull Rush Statues (CR 2)
Cave-in or Collapse (CR 8)
Floor, Collapsing (CR 1)
Floor, Shocking (CR 9)
Floor w/Saws (CR 3)
Floor, Tilting (CR 8)
Floor, Weakened (CR 13)
Floor, Weakened over Green Slime Pit (CR 7)
Floor, Weakened over Pit Trap (CR 10)
Infected Punji Pit Trap (CR 4)
Pit Trap (CR 1)
Pite Trap, Chute (CR 1)
Pit Trap, w/Poisoned Spikes (CR 12)
Pit Trap, w/Spikes (CR 2)
Punji Stake Trap (CR 1/2)
Stairs, Collapsing (CR 14)
Stairs, w/Poisoned Spikes (CR 2)
Stairs, Tipping (CR 5)

Traps Usually Found Outdoors

Avalanche Trap (CR 5)
Barbed Wire (CR 4)
Catapult Snare Trap (CR 4)
Dual Swinging Log Trap (CR 3)
Electrified Barbed-Wire Fence (CR 9)
Ettercap Deadfall (CR 3)
Ettercap Noose (CR 1)
Ettercap Spear Trap (CR 2)
Infected Punji Pit Trap (CR 4)
Lifting Net Trap (CR 3)
Punji Stake Trap (CR 1/2)
Sand Trap (CR 4)
Snare, Spiked (CR 1)
Swinging Log Trap (CR 1)

Traps that Capture, Restrain, or Contain Targets

Barbed Wire (CR 4)
Bear Traps (12) (CR 1)
Electrified Barbed-Wire Fence (CR 9)
Ettercap Deadfall (CR 3)
Ettercap Noose (CR 1)
Floor, Weakened over Green Slime Pit (CR 7)
Floor, Weakened (CR 13)
Floor, Weakened over Pit Trap (CR 10)
Headchomper (CR 3)
Infected Punji Pit Trap (CR 4)
Lifting Net Trap (CR 3)
Pit Trap, Common (CR 1)
Pit Trap, Weak (CR 1/4)
Pit Trap, Camouflaged (CR 3)
Pit Trap, Camouflaged w/Spikes (CR 8)
Pit Trap, Chute (CR 1)
Pit Trap, Deathfall (CR 14)
Pit Trap, Footgrabber (CR 12)
Pit Trap, w/Poisoned Spikes (CR 12)
Punji Stake Trap (CR 1/2)
Prison of Blades (CR 16)
Slashing Cage Trap (CR 3)
Snare Trap, Spiked (CR 1)
Snare Trap w/Catapult (CR 4)

Traps on Bridges or Walkways

Bull Rush Statues (CR 2)
Bridge, Collapsing (CR 3)
Bridge, Trapped (CR 7)
Bridge, Collapsing Rope (CR 2)
Spring-Loaded Panel (CR 2)

Traps on (or that come from) Doors

Door w/Spikes (CR 3)
Pillar of 1,000 Arrows (CR 2)
Scythe Traps (CR 3)
Reaper Door (CR 10)

Traps Involving Water or other Liquids

Flooding Room (CR 8)
Molten Brass Trap (CR 10)
Pool of Fear (CR 1)
Sinking Coffin Trap (CR 7)
Underwater Pit Trap (CR —)
Lava Flood (CR 14)

Traps on (or that come from) Chests or other Objects

Acid Spraying Skulls Trap (CR 1)
Altar of Fangs (CR 2)
Icebox Trap (CR 10)
Falchion’s Fangs (CR 8)
Fireburst Statues (CR 3)
Insanity Mist Chest (CR 6)
Iron Flask and Lemure Trap (CR 6)
Poisoned Quill Trap (CR 8)
Soultrapping Gem (CR 9)
Terinav Root Chest (CR 7)

Traps that Summon Things or Add Unexpected Creatures

Altar of Fangs (CR 2)
Hungry Smoke Trap (CR 8)
Summon Monster Trap (CR Varies)
Whispering Warden (Summon Monster IX) Trap (CR 13)

Traps on (or that come from) Walls

Chamber of Blades Trap (CR 10)
Filthy Slasher Trap (CR 3)
Shocksaw Trap (CR 4)
Swinging Axe Trap (CR 1)
Wall Flensing Trap (CR 4)
Wall Scythe Trap (CR 4)

Miscellaneous (Gases, Mists, Dusts, and More)

Dead Man’s Breath (CR 10)
Hand Chopper (CR 3)
Insanity Mist Trap (CR 5)
Insanity Mist Trap (CR 8)
Mage Breath (CR 2)
Malfunctioning Teleportation Circle (CR 13)
Skull Blast (CR 14)
Falchion’s Fangs (CR 8)
Ungol Dust Trap (CR 4)
Wailing Maidens (CR 7)
Lava Flood (CR 14)

Sorted Alphabetically

Acid Arrow Trap (CR 3)
Acid Fog Trap (CR 7)
Acid Spraying Skulls Trap (CR 1)
Altar of Fangs (CR 2)
Arrow Trap (CR 1)
Barbed Wire (CR 4)
Bear Traps (12) (CR 1)
Bladed Webs Trap (CR 11)
Bone Box (CR 4)
Breath of Despair Trap (CR 4)
Bridge, Collapsing (CR 3)
Bridge, Trapped (CR 7)
Bridge Trap, Rigged Rope (CR 2)
Bull Rush Statues (CR 2)
Burning Hands Trap (CR 2)
Cave-in or Collapse (CR 8)
Chain Lightning Trap (CR 15)
Chamber of Blades Trap (CR 10)
Chamber of Reduction (CR 10)
Cone of Cold Trap (CR 11)
Crusader’s Blades (CR 2)
Crushing Stone Trap (CR 15)
Dead Man’s Breath (CR 10)
Deadly Spear Trap (CR 18)
Death’s Breath Doors (CR 8)
Desiccation Pulse (CR 11)
Destruction Trap (CR 20)
Disintegrate Trap, Empowered (CR 16)
Door Spikes (CR 3)
Electricity Arc Trap (CR 4)
Electrified Barbed-Wire Fence (CR 9)
Energy Drain Trap (CR 10)
Eternal Glyphs (CR 9)
Ettercap Deadfall (CR 3)
Ettercap Noose (CR 1)
Ettercap Spear Trap (CR 2)
Falling Bell Trap (CR 5)
Falling Bell Trap (CR 12)
Falling Block Trap (CR 5)
Falling Bricks (CR 3)
Falling Portcullis Trap (CR 4)
Filthy Slasher Trap (CR 3)
Fireball Trap (CR 5)
Fireball Trap, Maximized (CR 13)
Fireburst Statues (CR 3)
Flame Strike Trap (CR 6)
Flooding Room (CR 8)
Floor Trap, Collapsing (CR 1)
Floor Trap w/Saws (CR 3)
Floor Trap, Shocking (CR 9)
Floor Trap, Tilting (CR 8)
Floor Trap, Weakened (CR 7)
Floor Trap, Weakened over Green Slime Pit (CR 7)
Floor Trap, Weakened Over Pit Trap (CR 10)
Frost Fangs Trap (CR 7)
Gallery of Lightning (CR 9)
Glyph of Warding, Beguiling Gift (CR 7)
Golden Egg (CR 8)
Guardian of Air Trap (CR 7)
Hail of Arrows Trap (CR 9)
Hail of Bolts Trap (CR 6)
Hand Chopper (CR 3)
Harm Trap (CR 14)
Headchomper (CR 3)
Hungry Smoke Trap (CR 8)
Icebox Trap (CR 10)
Insanity Mist Chest (CR 6)
Insanity Mist Trap (CR 5)
Insanity Mist Trap (CR 8)
Iron Flask and Lemure Trap (CR 6)
Javelin Trap (CR 2)
Lava Flood (CR 14) Lazurite Focus (CR 10)
Lightning Bolt Gallery Trap (CR 17)
Mage Breath (CR 2)
Meteor Swarm Trap (CR 19)
Molten Brass Trap (CR 10)
Necromantic Deathtrap (CR 13)
Numbing Needles (CR 7)
Pillar of 1,000 Arrows (CR 2)
Pit Trap, Common (CR 1)
Pit Trap, Simple (CR 1/4)
Pit Trap, Chute (CR 1)
Pit Trap, Camouflaged (CR 3)
Pit Trap, Camouflaged w/Spikes (CR 8)
Pit Trap, Chute w/Green Slime (CR 4)
Pit Trap, Deathfall (CR 14)
Pit Trap, Footgrabber (CR 12)
Pit Trap, Poisoned (CR 12)
Pit Trap, w/Spikes (CR 2)
Pit Trap, Underwater (CR —)
Poisoned Dart Trap (CR 1)
Poisoned Quill Trap (CR 8)
Pool of Fear (CR 1)
Primitive Guillotine (CR 6)
Prison of Blades (CR 16)
Punji Stake Trap (CR 1/2)
Reaper Door (CR 10)
Rock Deadfall (CR 2)
Rolling Boulder Trap (CR 10)
Room of Darts and Blades (CR 11)
Sand Trap (CR 4)
Scythe Traps (CR 3)
Sepia Snake Sigil, Heightened (CR 10)
Shocksaw Trap (CR 4)
Skull Blast (CR 14)
Slashing Cage Trap (CR 3)
Snare Trap w/Catapult (CR 4)
Snare Trap, Spiked (CR 1)
Soultrapping Gem (CR 9)
Sound Burst Trap (CR 3)
Spinning Cylinder Trap (CR 10)
Spring-Loaded Panel (CR 2)
Stairs, Collapsing (CR 14)
Stairs, Tipping (CR 5)
Stairs, w/Poisoned Spikes (CR 2)
Summon Monster Trap (CR Varies)
Swinging Axe Trap (CR 1)
Symbol of Fear (CR 7)
Symbol of Fear, Heightened (CR 10)
Symbol of Pain Trap (CR 6)
Symbol of Persuasion, Heightened (CR 10)
Symbol of Stunning Trap (CR 8)
Symbol of Weakness Trap (CR 8)
Terinav Root Chest (CR 7)
Falchion’s Fangs (CR 8)
The Scribbler’s Suggestion (CR 7)
Teleportation Circle, Malfunctioning (CR 13)
Ungol Dust Trap (CR 4)
Wailing Maidens (CR 7)
Wall Flensing Trap (CR 4)
Wall Scythe Trap (CR 4)
Whispering Warden (Summon Monster IX) Trap (CR 13)
Wyvern Arrow Trap (CR 6)

Sorted by CR

CR Varies

Pit Trap, Underwater
Summon Monster Trap

CR 1 (or less)

Acid Spraying Skulls Trap
Arrow Trap
Bear Traps (12)
Ettercap Noose
Floor Trap, Collapsing
Pit Trap, Simple
Pit Trap, Common
Pit Trap, Chute
Poisoned Dart Trap
Pool of Fear
Punji Stake Trap
Snare Trap, Spiked
Swinging Axe Trap
Swinging Log Trap

CR 2

Altar of Fangs
Bridge, Rigged Rope
Bull Rush Statues
Burning Hands Trap
Crusader’s Blades
Ettercap Spear Trap
Javelin Trap
Mage’s Breath
Pillar of 1,000 Arrows
Pit Trap, Spiked
Rock Deadfall
Spring-Loaded Panel
Stairs, w/Poisoned Spikes

CR 3

Acid Arrow Trap
Bridge Trap, Collapsing
Door Spikes
Dual Swinging Log Trap
Ettercap Deadfall
Falling Bricks
Filthy Slasher Trap
Fireburst Statues
Floor Trap, w/Floor Saws
Hand Chopper
Headchomper
Lifting Net Trap
Pit Trap, Camouflaged
Scythe Traps
Slashing Cage Trap
Sound Burst Trap

CR 4

Barbed Wire
Bone Box
Breath of Despair Trap
Electricity Arc Trap
Falling Portcullis Trap
Infected Punji Pit Trap
Pit Trap, Chute w/Green Slime
Snare Trap w/Catapult
Sand Trap
Shocksaw Trap
Ungol Dust Trap
Wall Flensing Trap
Wall Scythe Trap

CR 5

Avalanche Trap
Falling Bell Trap
Falling Block Trap
Fireball Trap
Insanity Mist Trap
Stairs, Tipping

CR 6

Flame Strike Trap
Hail of Bolts Trap
Insanity Mist Chest
Iron Flask and Lemure Trap
Primitive Guillotine
Symbol of Pain Trap
Wyvern Arrow Trap

CR 7

Acid Fog Trap
Bridge, Trapped
Faceless Statue Trap
Floor Trap over Green Slime Pit
Frost Fangs Trap
Glyph of Warding, Beguiling Gift
Guardian of Air Trap
Numbing Needles
Terinav Root Chest
Scribbler’s Suggestion
Sinking Coffin Trap
Symbol of Fear
Wailing Maidens

CR 8

Cave-in or Collapse
Death’s Breath Doors
Falchion’s Fangs
Flooding Room
Floor Trap, Tilting
Golden Egg
Hungry Smoke Trap
Insanity Mist Trap
Pit Trap, Camouflaged and Spiked
Poisoned Quill Trap
Symbol of Stunning Trap
Symbol of Weakness Trap

CR 9

Electrified Barbed-Wire Fence
Eternal Glyphs
Floor Trap, Shocking
Gallery of Lightning
Hail of Arrows Trap
Soultrapping Gem

CR 10

Chamber of Reduction
Chamber of Blades Trap
Dead Man’s Breath
Energy Drain Trap
Floor Trap, Weakened over Pit Trap
Icebox Trap
Lazurite Focus
Molten Brass Trap
Reaper Door
Rolling Boulder Trap
Sepia Snake Sigil Trap, Heightened
Spinning Cylinder Trap
Symbol of Fear Trap, Heightened
Symbol of Persuasion Trap, Heightened

CR 11

Bladed Webs Trap
Cone of Cold Trap
Crushing Cage Trap
Desiccation Pulse
Room of Darts and Blades Trap

CR 12

Falling Bell Trap
Pit Trap, Footgrabber
Pit Trap, Poisoned

CR 13

Fireball Trap, Maximized
Floor, Weakened
Necromantic Deathtrap
Teleportation Circle Trap, Malfunctioning
Whispering Warden (Summon Monster IX) Trap

CR 14

Harm Trap
Pit Trap, Deathfall
Skull Blast Trap
Stairs, Collapsing
Lava Flood

CR 15

Chain Lightning Trap
Crushing Stone Trap

CR 16

Disintegrate Trap, Empowered
Prison of Blades

CR 17

Lightning Bolt Gallery Trap

CR 18

Deadly Spear Trap

CR 19

Meteor Swarm Trap

CR 20

Destruction Trap

All Traps

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