Gas of the Evil God Trap
You enter a room with large holy symbols
painted on the East and west wall and a larger
version of this symbol in faded paint on the
floor in the center of this room. The holy
symbol is a white, jawless skull with a black star
background. There is a 10-foot tall statue in
each corner of this room.
If the PCs want to know what deity the holy
symbols are or what the statues are, allow a DC
12 Religion Check. On success, they will
recognize this as an evil Trickster god of Lies,
Death and Illusion.
On a roll of 18 or higher, they may also recall
lore that this deity enjoyed manipulating the
minds of individuals through magic and illusion
until they considered taking their own lives.
After their first action, have the players make a
DC 12 Perception check. Success will notice that
the air in this room has a tangy taste or smell to
it. On a roll of 25 or higher, they will also notice
a wavy “glitch” in the middle of the North
section of the wall (an illusion masking a
passageway).
Immediately after the Perception results, all
characters must make a DC 15 CON saving
throw. Those that succeed will need to make
the saving throw again at the end of every turn
(or at a length of time determined by the GM)
On failure, the character is poisoned and will
begin to hallucinate. They will see the statues
warp and distort, becoming demonic entities.
The statues look as if they are wraiths attacking
them. Also, characters under the effects of the
poison will no longer see an open passageway
to the South. However, they now see a
passageway to the North (previously masked by
an Illusion).
Once poisoned, characters will be under its
effects for as long as they stay in the room.
Once out of this room, the poison will subside in
1d4 minutes.
Trap idea by @Nobody and expanded on by the Wally DM Discord Team
Roll for Initiative (to better organize the
characters actions)
Poisoned characters may only do one of two
things. Run in Fear or Attack the statues (they
look like demonic wraiths under the poison’s
influence).
Those that ATTACK proceed as follows:
Attacking a statue is an auto hit that does no
damage to the statue. However, the poisoned
character will hear the evil laugh of the deity
and take 2d4 Psychic Damage for every hit
against the statue. Each round a PC may decide
to continue their attack on the statues or run
through the Northern passageway.
Those that RUN proceed as follow: Running
through the North wall (an illusion masking an
adjoining room), they will immediately fall into
a pit trap and take 2d6 falling / bludgeoning
damage and 1d8 piercing damage. They will at
this time be out of the area of the poisonous
gas and the poison will subside, as mentioned
above, in 1d4 minutes.
Unpoisoned characters may take a normal turn,
but must repeat the DC15 Constitution Saving
throw or fall under the hallucinatory effects of
the poison.
Unpoisoned characters that witness someone
running through the illusionary wall to the
North, can make a DC 10 Arcana check to
determine it is an illusion (if they haven’t
figured it out already).
At the bottom of the spiked pit trap is a door
that will lead them to the next area of the
dungeon.