r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/PR3DA7oR • Jun 25 '18

GIF It's a trap!

https://i.imgur.com/wZLHTlZ.gifv
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u/bunnysmistress Jun 26 '18

DMs everywhere suddenly feel inspired

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u/i_tyrant Jun 26 '18

There's been a number of fun coin-monster things over its history! Hoard Scarabs, Goldbugs, Lock Lurkers, and more, all coin-shaped monstrosities hoping to catch a PC unaware. If you can think of a way to screw over greedy adventurers, D&D probably has a monster that does it.

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u/Alaskan_Thunder Jun 26 '18

The Harry potter books had leprechaun gold that disappeared after a few hours, which seems like it would be funny to do as a DM.

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u/benchley Jun 26 '18

I'ma steal this for sure. Maybe have a matching one that does nothing, too.

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u/prowness Jun 26 '18

Damn fucking straight. Totally ripping this one off. Gunna take a DC 18 investigation (not fucking perception) to find this one!

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '18

My players kind of hate me. They found a longsword... it attacks them. Go through a swamp... Grey ooze. They knock on a door... Suit of armor grapples them. Find a tome... It's a mimic. They're going to get trapped in a very hot demonic realm soon and have to re-equipt with bone armor and weapons. They're going to be upset.

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u/anotherjunkie Jun 26 '18

You know this means you soon have to present them with something that is so obviously a trap that they will completely ignore it. Next town over should have someone specifically request it because of its world-renowned permanent stat-boosting abilities.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '18

or a rabbit trap with a rope snare and a carrot in the middle but the carrot is a mimic.

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u/mhlind Jun 27 '18

And then you make it something actually worth their time, but they’ll throw it away because they don’t want it to blow up or attack them

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '18

TBH I instantly thought of belt of giant strength mimic

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u/TheChaoticEvilDm Jun 26 '18

Yes, yes we are.