Witch Way Did She Go?

Moving your next game session further on the calendar can undoubtedly be disappointing. Still, that extra prep time allows the DM to circle back on what one presumed was a completed encounter and instead add a few more personal touches to make it even better.

And that’s precisely what happened to our game group recently. One of our players has best man bachelor party duties, so we needed to move our monthly game out a few extra weeks to accommodate his brew-ha. No big whoop, though. Life happens.

DM Ben wants the upcoming boss fight (which includes leveling up at its conclusion) to be fun and memorable. So, he turned to his 3D printers yet again and added another fun piece to the rolling encounter mix!

First up, we found this awesome Deadfall trap by Loot Studios. This sneaky contraption is from their slick It’s a(nother) Trap series. We’ve printed several of this set’s ominous objects so far and loved every one of ’em.

Novice painter DM Ben took a stab at coloring this delicate trigger, so our version is certainly nothing to write home about, but it’s still a great STL for your trap collection!

So, the brief backstory here is that the party is traveling deep into enemy territory to confront an old woman they believe to be a witch and kidnapper. The woodland journey to strike her home base is treacherous, to say the least. DM Ben is using the “death by a thousand cuts” encounter approach to slowly wear them out until they are no match for her powers and mighty mimic bodyguards.

Now the big question is, what exactly happens if the game group can’t resist messing with that stinky old piece of cheese? Forget the rock falling and taking out that squirrel. DM Ben plans to collapse the ground below the trap to reveal a spiked pit trap. The simple device won’t even trigger with a smaller creature. Our witch set up the pit for a heavier character to spring the trap – she’s no dummy, you see.

The suddenly revealed hole will be 15 feet deep (so 1d6 falling damage) and have spikes at the bottom (2d10 piercing damage). Of course, these spikes are coated with poison (DC 10 Con or 1d4 damage).

Pretty cool, right?! Why not print and paint this one for your game? We think you’ll use this scatter terrain piece many times over.

Until next time!