Poisoned Tempest
CMPX · Tier 3 · Deadly
Trigger
This trap activates when a ruby is pried from one of the statues. Each statue's mouth slides open, revealing a 1-foot-wide pipe that runs down its throat.
Countermeasures
There are a few ways that the trap can be overcome.
- Open the Doors.
Opening the doors is the quickest way to circumvent the trap, but they are warded with magic. To open the doors, a character must first succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom () check to find the locking mechanism. A successful DC 20 Intelligence () check is then required to disable the sphere of force that surrounds the lock ( is ineffective against it). Success on a DC 20 Dexterity check using thieves' tools picks the lock. Finally, a successful DC 20 Strength () check is needed to push the door open. Each check requires an action.
- Disable the Statues.
A statue can be disabled by blocking the flow of gas from its mouth. Heavily damaging a statue is a bad idea, for doing so leaves the gas vents open. Reducing a statue to 0 hit points (AC 17; 20 hp; resistance to fire, piercing, and Slashing damage; immune to poison and Psychic damage) or making a successful DC 20 Strength check to break it cracks the statue and increases the Poison Gas damage by 5 (). A successful DC 20 Dexterity check using thieves' tools, or a successful DC 15 Strength check made to block up the statue with a cloak or similar object, decreases the Poison damage by 5 (). Once a character succeeds on the check, someone must remain next to the statue to keep it blocked up. When all four statues are blocked in this manner, the trap deactivates.
Slashing
Psychic
PoisonTrap Details
This fiendish trap was built to eliminate intruders who infiltrate a yuan-ti temple. The trap is a room, 60 feet on a side, with 5-foot-wide stone doors in the middle of each wall. In each corner of the room stands a 10-foot-tall statue of a great serpent, coiled and ready to strike. The eyes in each statue are rubies worth 200 gp apiece.