Traps in RPGs

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Generally dont find them hard enough to make traps worth the effort.

 

I do occasionally use them in games like Tenchu, drop a rice ball in the corridor, cling to the ceiling and then decapitate them as the pick the thing up. But the whole D&D trap scene is pretty nonsensical and worthless.

[EnderAndrew]

But the whole D&D scene is pretty nonsensical and worthless.

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Fixed.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Your supposed to put a line through the original text :D

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

You could sneak past the Rancor, or you could use explosives and some pheromones near some food to blow him up.  But I liked using mines and blasters to take him down.

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I shot it to bits because it cant get up the corridor. Nowhere near as tough as it looks..

 

I like my alternate solutions a little less obvious.

[draakh_kimera]

Did anyone try using traps on that Demi-lich in BGII where you had to find all his body parts? I can't remember if I ever did, though I do remember having some difficulty beating that lil' sucker the first couple of times..

[Kaftan Barlast]

You could sneak past the Rancor, or you could use explosives and some pheromones near some food to blow him up.  But I liked using mines and blasters to take him down.

 

 

The scripted scene where the Rancor blows up from the inside was pretty neat Having recently played JKA I assumed the Rancor was invincible and didnt even attempt to engage.

[Darth_Schmarth]

The scripted scene where the Rancor blows up from the inside was pretty neat Having recently played JKA I assumed the Rancor was invincible and didnt even attempt to engage.

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Yeah, so did I. I was a skinny little scoundrel in no mood to attack a rancor head on.

[metadigital]

Are you talking about the Rancor beast guarding the back door to the hideout on the sublevel of Taris ?

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Uhm.. yes. How do you guys keep all those weird names in memory?

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As previously mentioned, Rancor was big thing that nearly ate Luke in RotJ; Taris was the first planet in K1.

 

I just threw loads of grenades at the big beast: some of the badder ones took off 20 HP, while most were just 10 HP. (I don't generally use grenades at all, so I have a few available: I think I had to buy a couple of plasma grenades for that conflict though: party screen, return to flat, go to the vendor, buy the munitions, party screen and return, bingo!)

[Walsingham]

Mixed.

 

In Syndicate wars I used so much razor wire I can still remember the voice saying 'razor wire', and the creepy spooling noise it made. Lay about forty feet of razor wire in a dense mass a long way off, lure all enemies in mobs into wirefield. Drink margarita while admiring explosions.

 

Never used traps in BG, except on those creepy dwarf suckers in Durlag's basement. Because firstly they were really hard, and secondly and more importantly I did it the minute I saw their names.

 

I think your man should be excused using traps like he did. I mean, a thinking fighter has hard time in the BG system. The bad guys is always in the same place, and always ready. A rogue is not a 'big showdown like a paladin' guy. True roleplaying would mean at the very least trying to lure him into a trap, or attacking him when on the toilet/infernal equivalent.

 

I have to admit that what I do whenever I get the chance is use the old wizardly field artillery to chuck in an opening salvo of fireballs. Get the fancy pants wizard to raise his spell shields, then scarper. Rinse and repeat until he runs out of spells. Then send in me main character with a sharp short sword to poke the dickens out of them.

[Musopticon?]

I have to admit that what I do whenever I get the chance is use the old wizardly field artillery to chuck in an opening salvo of fireballs. Get the fancy pants wizard to raise his spell shields, then scarper. Rinse and repeat until he runs out of spells. Then send in me main character with a sharp short sword to poke the dickens out of them.

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You just focused the whole being of modern rpg-gaming into one post.

[Atreides]

DRAMA

[Walsingham]

I have to admit that what I do whenever I get the chance is use the old wizardly field artillery to chuck in an opening salvo of fireballs. Get the fancy pants wizard to raise his spell shields, then scarper. Rinse and repeat until he runs out of spells. Then send in me main character with a sharp short sword to poke the dickens out of them.

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You just focused the whole being of modern rpg-gaming into one post.

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You mean everyone treats a social encounter as a possible division level engagement circa 1943? Wow. Groovy.

[><FISH'>]

K1 was terrible at executing traps. the only decent one was the old master on korriban who gases you and your party.

 

encountering a bunch of dark jedi every now and then all of the saying ''Lord Malak was most displeased when he learned you had excaped Taris alive ect...'' was extremely tedious.

[metadigital]

I have to admit that what I do whenever I get the chance is use the old wizardly field artillery to chuck in an opening salvo of fireballs. Get the fancy pants wizard to raise his spell shields, then scarper. Rinse and repeat until he runs out of spells. Then send in me main character with a sharp short sword to poke the dickens out of them.

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You just focused the whole being of modern rpg-gaming into one post.

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You mean everyone treats a social encounter as a possible division level engagement circa 1943? Wow. Groovy.

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Well, I do.

[Walsingham]

I have to admit that what I do whenever I get the chance is use the old wizardly field artillery to chuck in an opening salvo of fireballs. Get the fancy pants wizard to raise his spell shields, then scarper. Rinse and repeat until he runs out of spells. Then send in me main character with a sharp short sword to poke the dickens out of them.

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You just focused the whole being of modern rpg-gaming into one post.

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You mean everyone treats a social encounter as a possible division level engagement circa 1943? Wow. Groovy.

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Well, I do.

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We should get together some time. I'll bring the Shermans if you bring the bolt action rifles. Humnaah humnaah humnaah.

[metadigital]

We may yet meet on the field of battle.

 

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans. We shall fight with growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.

- Winston Churchill

 

I do not fear an army of lions, if they are led by a lamb. "I do fear an army of sheep, if they are led by a lion.

- Alexander the Great

 

Armed Forces quotables

[Walsingham]

I know I'd fear an army of sheep. Unless we met in a field of mint. In which case I'd know the gods of war were smiling on me.

 

"If I run out of ammunition and find myself face to face with the enemy I will BITE him ...on the features" - Warrior's prayer of dirty fighting.

[Diogo Ribeiro]

All sheep are evil. Except Belle.

[EnderAndrew]

Sheep are sneaky.

 

I suspect a trap.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Those black faced sheep on the Isle of Skye are seriously disturbing.

[EnderAndrew]

Right now I am overtly tired and they are trying to trick me into counting them.

[metadigital]

Sheep are sneaky.

 

I suspect a trap.

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... From Harold. He's that sheep there over under the elm. He's that most dangerous of animals, a clever sheep. He's the ring-leader. He has realized that a sheep's life consists of standing around for a few months and then being eaten. And that's a depressing prospect for an ambitious sheep. He's patently hit on the idea of escape. ...

 

Nesting Sheep.

[GhostofAnakin]

I have no patience for traps. I'm just a mindless brute who likes to smash things.

[Lord Tingeling]

I'd lay traps if it could lead to me capturing Darque. Then I could truly harness the power of spam! I'd could have some evil villain's exposition to go with it, as well!

 

 

So, spammer, you are awake. It is time for more... experiments!

 

 

Ah well, one can dream...

[EnderAndrew]

I prefer manipulative traps rather than physical snares. I love trapping characters.