[4th] Trap Guidelines?

[Kyeudo]

I can't seem to find any guidelines for creating new traps anywhere in my DMG. Am I missing something?

[Tsotha-lanti]

There's no guidelines beyond the level-based DC and damage listings. Using those, and taking the existing traps as examples, it's pretty easy to come up with your own. Crumbling floor? Trigger, attack against Reflex (based on level), deals damage plus knocks prone (based on level), Dungeoneering check to spot and avoid...

I really do hope we get proper guidelines at some point. (And that new official traps and monsters follow existing guidelines. I'm looking at you, needlefang swarms and fire beetles.)

[1of3]

There were guidelines in one of the electronic Dragons.

Get them, while they are still free. They're really worth reading. :smallwink:

[AslanCross]

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drfe/20080818a
Link to article in question.
Basically it says you should follow the DMG's answer-to-everything page: 42. (It really is the answer to everything, isn't it?)

It adds some more traps, though.