Pressure plate
A pressure plate is a trap which causes some pre-scripted, generally bad event to happen. They are destroyed upon being stepped on.
Possible Results
- Drop Trap<ref>Template:Source ref</ref>: Spawns several monsters right next to the player. This is by far the most common variation of pressure plate the player will encounter.
- Spiders: You are immediately surrounded by eight redbacks.
- Snakes: You are immediately surrounded by eight black mambas and mana vipers. Exclusive to the Snake Pits.
- Klown Kar: You are immediately surrounded by three to eight Killer Klowns. Exclusive to the Realm of Zot.
- Rats Trap<ref>Template:Source ref</ref>: A narrow corridor with a pressure plate in the middle, which upon being stepped on reveals the adjacent walls to be filled with rats and river rats. Only found on Dungeon levels 4-10.
- Liches<ref>Template:Source ref</ref>: Opens grates that hold liches, ancient liches and dread liches in them. Only found in one Crypt ending.
History
- Previously, there were harmful cloud traps, and traps that revealed various cells with harmful monsters in them.
- Snake and Klown Kar drop trap variations were added in 0.23.
- Prior to 0.16, you could levitate/fly over them if you managed to find one before stepping on it.
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