d11 | Name | Description | Type |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Punji Stick Trap |
Sharpened and hardened sticks (e.g. bamboo), at the bottom of a pit. Sometimes sticks were coated in human or animal feces to promote infection of wounds. |
Pit trap |
2 |
Side-closing spike trap |
A variation on the pit trap. A spiked board breaks at the centre and the spikes impale the ankle and lower leg. |
Pit trap |
3 |
Apache Foot Trap |
A hole dug into the ground with spike angled towards so that when a victim attempts to extract their legs, the spikes impale the victim. |
Pit trap |
4 |
Rolling spike trap |
A pit with 2+ spiked logs that rotate when the victims weight is applied, impaling as gravity pulls them down and the logs rotate. |
Pit trap |
5 |
Venomous Snack pit |
Pit of venomous snakes. |
Pit trap |
6 |
Cross bow trap |
Either a weight trigger or trip wire sets of a loaded cross bow. Chromate coating prevents corrosion of the metal. |
Triggered trap |
7 |
Swinging Mace Trap |
A hole dug into the ground with spike angled towards so that when a victim attempts to extract their legs, the spikes impale the victim. |
Triggered trap |
8 |
Large boulder(s) |
Triggered release of a heavy rock or rocks. Either falling or rolling. |
Triggered trap |
9 |
Snare |
Triggered via trip wire or weights, a concealed snare will |
Triggered trap |
10 |
Bamboo whip |
A whip that consists of spikes on a long bamboo pole. The pole is pulled back in an arc resulting in high elastic tension. A trip wire releases the whip. |
Triggered trap |
11 |
Weighted spiked plank |
A suspended man-sized plank weighted with rocks and with protruding spikes. A trip wire release the trap and gravity does the rest. |
Triggered trap |
Traps (WIP) (d11)
Here's an assortment of traps from real world sources.
Sources:
* Go Medieval: 11 Booby Traps to Defend Your Castle
* 10 Fiendishly Clever Booby Traps
* 8 of the most terrifying Vietnam War booby traps
Image from The Victory Bonds.
A useful way to use this chart is to filter according to trap type. The calling chart can do so using the following.
{% trap_type={Pit trap} %}
CHART(id="13021", filter_cols="3", cols="1,2", filter="{$trap_type}")
This will display the Name and Description from a random row that has "Pit trap" as its type.