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Author Topic: To Catch a Kobold  (Read 3316 times)

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Re: To Catch a Kobold
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2011, 05:35:53 pm »

Does TRAPAVOID mean they don't trigger pressure plates?
Yes.  They don't trigger pressure plates, weapon traps, or cage traps.

One method I have used to handle kobold thieves and ambushes in the past is a door with magma behind it, set up in such a way that the door must be opened in order to pass down a corridor with kobold-bait at the end of it.  A setup like this:

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WWWWMWWWW  W = wall, M = magma (connected to infinite source)
+GGDDDGG+  + = floor, G = magma-safe grate over magma drain, D = magma-safe door
WWW...WWW  W = wall, . = open space over magma drain

Thieves will path down this way, the doors look like a safe path, but when they reach the door they'll get hit with a flood of magma.  Admittedly, this isn't much help if your goal is to catch the kobolds alive.
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