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.

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