Browse Hazards
Browse fantasy hazards and traps with triggers, discovery clues, countermeasures, defenses, and flavorful effects for Pathfinder 2E and similar systems.
The Embalmer's Breath Vent
A series of copper pipes ending in skull shaped nozzles are embedded into the masonry. When triggered, they spray a fine, grey mist composed of necromantic salts and preserving fluid designed to ro...
The Blood-Sapped Effigy
A crude humanoid figure fashioned from twisted wicker and damp moss hangs by a noose of blackened silver wire. It is slick with a constant, impossible trickle of fresh blood that flows upward again...
Valerithia's Protoplasmic Cylinder
An intricate arcane circle etched into the vault floor that, when stepped upon, erupts into a shimmering cylinder of thick, caustic protoplasm that mimics the properties of a gelatinous cube.
Valerithia's Gelatinous Siphon
An intricate arcane circle etched into the vault floor that, when stepped upon, erupts into a shimmering cylinder of thick, caustic protoplasm that mimics the properties of a gelatinous cube.
The Razor-Silt Maw
A treacherous stretch of churning surf where the sea floor rises into jagged, ore-rich pillars. The water is thick with toxic silt and hyper-aggressive sea urchins that have fed on the mineral runo...
The Defiled Wyrm-Casket
The gargantuan skull of a black dragon, half-sunken in the mire, serves as the focus for a botched resurrection ritual. Instead of reviving the dragon, the cultists bound their own souls into a chu...
Echo of the Medusa
A hidden pressure plate triggers a pressurized spray of calcifying gas from decorative gargoyle statues built into the ceiling corners.
Echoing Looking Glass
An ornate mirror that holds a predatory enchantment designed to swap the viewer with a hostile, shadow-stuff duplicate.
Harmonic Feedback Loom
An invisible field of highly energized arcane resonance that absorbs local ambient noise and releases it all at once in a localized sonic boom when a loud sound is produced.
The Whisper-Bound Thicket
A cursed clearing where a dark ritual bound the final screams of cult victims into the very wood of the trees. The spirits here are trapped in a loop of perpetual agony, seeking to drag others into...
Calcified Ceiling Chimes
A collection of razor-sharp, translucent stalactites that have grown into thin, hollow tubes. These formations vibrate in sympathy with nearby sounds, creating a beautiful but deadly harmonic reson...
Crystalline Resonance Pylons
Three jagged amethyst pillars arranged in a triangle vibrate with a low-frequency hum that intensifies as living matter draws near, eventually releasing a destructive sonic blast.
Marrow-Chilling Resonance
A localized haunting where the air vibrates at a frequency that shakes the skeletal structure of living creatures. It is born from the collective dying screams of those trapped in a confined space.
The Ossified Thicket
A corrupted patch of woodland where the trees have absorbed the essence of an ancient mass grave, turning their wood to porous bone and their sap to freezing necrotic bile.
Gallow-Pine Thicket
A dense grove of pine trees corrupted by negative energy that lashes out at living souls to feed its roots and maintain its unnatural obsidian foliage.
Bittergrain Arcane Seal
A protective ward woven into the wood of the cellar door, designed to look like decorative carvings of wheat stalks.
The Kaleidoscope Thicket
A patch of woods where the light refracts through airborne spores, creating a recursive loop of space governed by fey logic.
Chime of the Unbound Maw
A psychic resonator created by cultists to harvest the lingering trauma of sacrifices, hanging from a cavern ceiling to act as a silent guardian.
Choke-Silk Soot Vents
Natural fissures in the volcanic rock of the west mountains are clogged with a mixture of fine soot, acidic mineral dust, and discarded spider silk, creating a pressurized pocket of toxic particula...
Dirge of the Drowned Choir
A spectral resonance built from the final, desperate hymns of a drowning congregation. The sound manifests as a crushing wall of discordant harmonic frequencies.
The Gilded Mirror of Vanity
An ornate full length mirror that captures the gaze of those who see their own reflection, feeding on their self-image.
Fractured Chronometer Shockwave
The town's grand clocktower has suffered a catastrophic mechanical failure within its chronal engine. The massive gears are vibrating at a frequency that threatens to tear the fabric of local time,...
Construct Awakening Rack
An iron framework bolted to the cavern wall holds several limp, metallic husks. Leaking shadow conduits connect the racks to a central calibration platform, ready to jump-start the constructs with ...
Gulthias Tree's Vengeance
A massive, gnarled tree with bark like charred obsidian and leaves that drip a thick, blood-like sap. The roots appear to be clutching the skeletal remains of past victims.
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