Designing Traps: Creating Immersive D&D Challenges
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
- Embark on a journey into the art of trap-making in Dungeons & Dragons! In this video, we delve deep into the crypts and corridors of fantasy dungeons, uncovering the secrets behind crafting both simple and complex traps that will challenge and intrigue your players.
🔮 What's Inside:
The Art of the Trap: Discover the key elements that make a trap memorable and engaging.
Simple vs. Complex Traps: Learn how to design traps that suit all levels of gameplay, from straightforward mechanical snares to multi-faceted magical contraptions.
Featured Traps: Get an exclusive look at "The Wizard's Gauntlet" and "The Hall of Whispers", two unique traps designed to test your adventurers' wits and bravery.
🐉 Whether you're a seasoned Dungeon Master or just starting your journey, this video is your guide to creating traps that are not just obstacles but pivotal elements in the narrative of your D&D adventures. So, grab your dice, ready your notes, and let's add some unforgettable hazards to your dungeons!
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TYPES OF TRAPS
Mechanical Traps:
Pressure Plates
Swinging Blades
Pitfalls
Crushing Walls
Spring-Loaded Spears
Magical Traps:
Glyph of Warding (Explosive or Spell)
Teleportation Circles (to hazardous locations)
Illusory Walls or Floors
Binding Runes (immobilizing or paralyzing)
Arcane Alarms (alerting guardians)
Elemental Hazards:
Fire Jets
Lightning Rods
Ice Slicks
Acid Pools
Toxic Gas Vents
Puzzle-Based Traps:
Magic Mouth Riddles
Tile-Floor Puzzles
Symbol Matching Games
Lever and Gear Mechanisms
Light-Beam Mirrors
Nature-Inspired Traps:
Thorn Bush Barricades
Quicksand
Poisonous Plant Spores
Animal Swarms (insects, snakes, etc.)
Tangle Vines (entangling and restraining)
Psychological Traps:
Hallucinogenic Spores (causing illusions or fear)
Enchanted Statues (inducing paranoia or madness)
Rooms that Cause Disorientation (mirrors, spinning)
Sounds and Whispers (sowing discord)
False Treasure (cursed or mimics)
Magical-Mechanical Hybrids:
Animated Armors and Weapons
Flying Swords or Axes
Self-Repairing Traps (after triggered)
Runes that Activate Mechanical Traps
Enchanted Locks and Doors
Triggered Events:
Collapsing Ceilings
Room Lockdown (sealing exits)
Flooding Chambers
Summoning of Monsters or Guardians
Magical Darkness or Silence
Disguised Hazards:
Mimics (disguised as treasure chests, doors, etc.)
False Floors (over pitfalls or spikes)
Camouflaged Pits or Traps
Secret Doors hiding dangers
Treasure with Protective Curses
Environmental Traps:
Avalanches or Rockslides
Lightning Strikes (in open areas)
Unstable Ground (leading to falls or cave-ins)
Harsh Weather Conditions (blizzards, sandstorms)
Natural Geysers or Lava Flows
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📖 Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction to Dungeon Traps
0:45 - Initial Prompt
2:00 - Designing a Simple Trap: Arcane Ward
5:38 - Crafting a Complex Trap: "The Wizard's Gauntlet"
9:32 - Types of Traps
10:45 - Psychological Warfare: "The Hall of Whispers"
14:10 - Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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The prompts are listed here on my Patreon. Free for everyone
bit.ly/DnDDesigningTraps
You can also get chat GPT describe the trap in second person [from the perspective of the player's character]. In addition to this, if you play on a VTT you can have it format the trap using that VTT's format. I use Chat extensively, you do have to watch it carefully because it does miss things from time to time. Great video.
Thank you, I have been waiting with baited breath for your next ChatGPT/D&D video.
The types of traps list was indeed impressive. Did you try asking for ten more? Sometimes it will amaze you with it seemingly boundless creativity!!
I hope that you are compiling all these gems in an AI enhanced update to the DMs guide?
It would be great to see you use chatgpt to write a adventure from start to end....Keep up the great work.
that is a good enough idea, that I have subscribed the to the channel and will be following along :)
Thanks!
I use Chat for building my world on World Anvil. Recently i built a dungeon and had it tweak riddles, traps and an entire poem that spells out how to navigate the dungeon. Easy faster and easier than my normal method. It can feel a bit cliche at times, but that's when i go through and repolish everything.
I think its important to give your own flourish to things and not just use them verbatim.
I've used it for riddles.
I haven't been SUPER happy with it's ability to come up with good, complex, riddles... they are usually WAY too easy or not really related to what we're talking about.
Not good with riddles myself. It gives you a start to go by. usually why I let smarter people in the group do puzzles.
Cool. Very useful.
Glad you think so!
A religion with all the aspects of rituals etc would be really interesting
How about asking chatgpt to help a pair of players, each of which already have their own individual backstories, find common ground between those backstories and tie the two backstories together? If we could do this a DM could help their new players find pregame associations at a session zero so that they would start the game already knowing at least one other character without forcing the players to directly collaborate before session zero.